Immortality

Whoever hears my words and believes in the one who sent me will have eternal life, will never be condemned for their sins, and has transitioned from death to life.

The one swan in the middle of this world — He alone is fire dwelling in the waters. Only by knowing Him does one pass beyond death. There is no other path for liberation.

I know that supreme Person, sunlike in colour, beyond darkness. Only by knowing Him does one pass beyond death. There is no other path for liberation.

When all the knots of the heart are cut here, then a mortal becomes immortal — this much is the teaching.

When all the desires that dwell in the heart are released, then a mortal becomes immortal and attains Brahman here.

One who truly knows that supreme Brahman becomes Brahman itself; no one who does not know Brahman is born in that person's lineage. Such a one crosses over grief, crosses over sin, freed from the knots of the cave of the heart, and becomes immortal.

O Bharata, the dweller in the body is eternally indestructible in every being. Therefore you ought not to mourn for any creature.

This cannot be cut, cannot be burned, cannot be wetted, cannot be dried. It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, immovable, and everlasting.

Weapons do not cut this, fire does not burn it, water does not wet it, and wind does not dry it.

It is never born and it never dies. It has not come into being, nor will it ever come to be again. It is unborn, eternal, ever-lasting, and ancient. It is not slain when the body is slain.

Know that to be indestructible by which all this universe is pervaded. No one is able to bring about the destruction of the imperishable.

The person whom these do not trouble, O best among men — the one who remains steady in both pain and pleasure, who is resolute — that person is fit for immortality.

Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be.

If the slayer thinks 'I slay' and the slain thinks 'I am slain' — both of them fail to know. This one neither slays nor is slain.

The knowing Self is never born, never dies — it did not come from anything, nor did it become anything. Unborn, eternal, everlasting, ancient — it is not slain when the body is slain.

The inner Self, the Person of the size of a thumb, dwells always in the heart of all people. With steadiness, draw It out from the body as you would draw the inner stalk from a blade of munja grass. Know It as the pure immortal. Know It as the pure immortal.

That which is the ear of the ear, the mind of the mind, the speech of speech, the life of the life, and the eye of the eye — the wise, freeing themselves from the senses, depart from this world and attain immortality.

Without parts, without action, tranquil, without fault, without stain — the supreme bridge to immortality, like fire with its fuel consumed.

His form does not stand within the range of sight; no one sees Him with the eye. Those who know Him dwelling in the heart, through the heart, through the mind — they become immortal.

This God, the maker of all, the great Self, ever dwelling in the hearts of people — known through the heart, the intelligence, the mind — those who know this become immortal.