Bhagavat Gita - 41

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Bhagavat Gita - 41

 

The Impersonal and the Personal (Chapter 12 verses 1-7)

Arjuna now wants to know who is better Yogi - the one who follows the

path of devotion, looking upon God as the Supreme Person, or the one

who looks upon Him as the Impersonal Absolute. Shri Krishna answers:

All who worship Me with intense faith and adore Me, are praiseworthy.

Of the two paths, that of the Impersonal Absolute is too difficult

for men who are entrenched in body-consciousness. Besides, in this

path one has to depend on one's effort alone. The devotee has the

advantage that, as he depends on Me and not on his effort alone,

I am always at his back to lift him out of the ocean of Samsara.

 

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Based on " Srimad Bhagavat Gita - The Scripture of Mankind "

a translation by Rev Swami Tapasyanandaji, published by

Sri Ramakrishna Math - Chennai. http://www.sriramakrishnamath.org/

 

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