Description of Brahman and Cognition of the Nirvana in Brahman

Bhagavad Gita with Commentaries / Description of Brahman and Cognition of the Nirvana in Brahman

Description of Brahman and Cognition of the Nirvana in Brahman

13:12. I will reveal to you what has to be known, and, having been known, brings one to Immortality: this is the Supreme Brahman, Who has no origin and is beyond the limits of existence and non-existence (of beings).

13:13. His hands, feet, eyes, heads, mouths are everywhere; omniscient, He abides in the world, embracing everything.

13:14. He has no organs of perception, yet He perceives everything; having no attachment to anything, yet sustaining all beings, free from the three gunas and using the gunas,

13:15. inside and outside of all beings, staying in calm and moving, elusive in His subtlety, being always near and yet at the unspeakable distance — such is imperishable He.

13:16. Not divided among beings and yet existing separately in everyone, He is cognized as the Helper of all. He embraces all beings with Himself and guides them in their development.

13:17. About Him, about the Light of all lights, it is said that He is beyond the darkness. He is Wisdom, the Goal of every wisdom, cognized by wisdom, residing in the hearts of all.

14:26. The one who serves Me with steadfast love — such one, having freed oneself from the three gunas, deserves to become Brahman.

18:50. How the one, who has attained Perfection, comes to Brahman, to the highest state of wisdom — hear from Me in brief…

5:24. He who is happy within, who finds joy not in the outer, who is illuminated (by love) within — such a yogi is capable of cognizing the essence of Brahman and attaining the Nirvana in Brahman.

5:25. The Nirvana in Brahman is attained by those rishis who have got rid of vices, became free from duality, cognized the Atman, and dedicated themselves to the good of all.

5:26. Free from the worldly attractions and anger, dedicated to spiritual pursuits, having subdued thoughts and cognized the Atman — they attain the Nirvana in Brahman.

6:27. The highest happiness awaits a yogi… who became sinless and alike to Brahman.

6:28. The yogi who brought himself into harmony and got rid of vices experiences easily the unlimited Bliss of contact with Brahman.

18:51. With completely purified consciousness, overcame oneself by steadfastness, detached from all the outer, cast off passion and enmity,

18:52. living secludedly, abstinent, subdued his speech, body, and mind, being constantly in meditation, passionless,

18:53. Devoid of egoism, violence, arrogance, sexual passion, anger, greed, imbued with peace and selflessness — such a person deserves to become Brahman.

5:20. With calmed pure consciousness, the one who has cognized Brahman and established oneself in Brahman neither rejoices receiving the pleasant nor grieves receiving the unpleasant.

5:21. The one who is not attached to satisfaction of his senses by the outer things and finds joy in the Atman — he, upon reaching unity with Brahman, partakes of the eternal Bliss.

18:54. Having achieved the Eternity in Mergence with Brahman, he attains the highest Love for Me.