Knowledge is what moves towards unity, and when it reaches the supramental level, it grasps the oneness, essence, and self-law of existence, and views and handles the many things from that light and fullness, somewhat like the Divine does from the highest point from which He embraces the world.
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The concept of God refers to a higher power or ultimate reality across various spiritual traditions. Many traditions converge on the idea of a unified, all-encompassing force. However, they diverge in their understanding and characterization of this force.
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Ignorance is the lack of the divine ability to see the supramental Truth; it is the part of our consciousness that does not perceive, as opposed to the part that sees and knows the truth.
Bhakti is the path to salvation. Souls achieve salvation through God's grace.
The Jivas are distinct from God and matter. According to Madhva, the difference between Brahman and Jiva is real.
There's only a thin line between the two, so that I can experience divine bliss.
You have been born in this world as a human being to worship God, so try to cultivate love for his divine presence.
A true devotee says, 'O God, you alone are the doer; you alone do everything.
One attains Perfect Knowledge when one sees God in man.
God can be realized through truth alone.
The mind does not become tranquil until it is connected to the ever-peaceful Supreme Being.
We have been given this human life to understand the all-pervading, omnipresent God. This knowledge can only be given by someone who has themselves realized God. Life becomes truly happy only after meeting such a God-realized person.
There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars, nor do these lightnings shine — how then this fire? He alone shining, everything shines after him; by his light all this shines.
न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः । तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति ॥ १४॥
The eternal among the eternal, the conscious among the conscious, the one who fulfills the desires of the many — knowing him, that cause, attainable through Sāṅkhya and Yoga, one is freed from all bonds.
नित्यो नित्यानां चेतनश्चेतनाना- मेको बहूनां यो विदधाति कामान् । तत्कारणं साङ्ख्ययोगाधिगम्यं ज्ञात्वा देवं मुच्यते सर्वपाशैः ॥ १३॥
The one controller of the many inactive ones, who makes the single seed manifold — the wise who behold him dwelling within themselves, to them belongs eternal happiness, and to no others.
एको वशी निष्क्रियाणां बहूना- मेकं बीजं बहुधा यः करोति । तमात्मस्थं येऽनुपश्यन्ति धीरा- स्तेषां सुखं शाश्वतं नेतरेषाम् ॥ १२॥
The one God, hidden in all beings, all-pervading, the inner Self of all beings, the overseer of all works, dwelling in all beings, the witness, the pure consciousness, alone and beyond the qualities.
एको देवः सर्वभूतेषु गूढः सर्वव्यापी सर्वभूतान्तरात्मा। कर्माध्यक्षः सर्वभूताधिवासः साक्षी चेता केवलो निर्गुणश्च ॥ ११॥
There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; these lightnings do not shine—how then this fire? When he shines, everything shines after him; by his light all this shines.
न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः । तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति ॥ १५॥
Brahman alone is this immortal—in front, Brahman; behind, Brahman; to the right and the left. Below and above it stretches. Brahman alone is all this universe, the highest.
ब्रह्मैवेदममृतं पुरस्ताद्ब्रह्म पश्चाद्ब्रह्म दक्षिणतश्चोत्तरेण । अधश्चोर्ध्वं च प्रसृतं ब्रह्मैवेदं विश्वमिदं वरिष्ठम् ॥ ११॥
There the sun does not shine, nor the moon and stars; these lightnings do not shine—how then this fire? When he shines, everything shines after him; by his light all this shines.
न तत्र सूर्यो भाति न चन्द्रतारकं नेमा विद्युतो भान्ति कुतोऽयमग्निः । तमेव भान्तमनुभाति सर्वं तस्य भासा सर्वमिदं विभाति ॥ १०॥
As flowing rivers vanish into the sea, casting off name and form, so the knower, freed from name and form, attains the divine Person, higher than the highest.
यथा नद्यः स्यन्दमानाः समुद्रे- ऽस्तं गच्छन्ति नामरूपे विहाय । तथा विद्वान् नामरूपाद्विमुक्तः परात्परं पुरुषमुपैति दिव्यम् ॥ ८॥
And recalling again and again that most marvelous form of Hari, great is my astonishment, O King, and I rejoice again and again.
तच्च संस्मृत्य संस्मृत्य रूपमत्यद्भुतं हरेः | विस्मयो मे महान् राजन्हृष्यामि च पुनः पुनः ||१८-७७||