Testimony

Sanjaya said: Thus have I heard this wondrous dialogue between Vasudeva and the great-souled Partha — one that makes the hair on the body stand on end.

Vedanta proclaims that, in essence, humans are one with the Supreme Being. It reminds us of our true, divine nature.

The Mission proclaims that God can be realized while performing daily duties, with the only requirement being to seek the guidance of one who has already known God, the True Master.

All the sages declare You thus — as does the divine sage Nārada, and likewise Asita, Devala, and Vyāsa — and now You Yourself are telling me so.

It remains unmodified, watching as a witness to the changes brought about by nature, without being affected or influenced by them.

Seers and learned men have proclaimed this principle: it's neither beneficial to quarrel with a wicked person nor to befriend them. One should always maintain distance from them, my master; a wicked person should be avoided just like a dog.

I am the Supreme Lord with great power, and I am the eternal witness of the universe, observing its creations and destructions.

The soul is said to witness all actions without getting involved in them.

Purusha is the witness to all the transformations of Prakriti, but he himself cannot be grasped. He transcends all attributes in his original nature.

The Soul only observes them as a witness. This is the connection between the intelligence and the Soul.

The Soul exists as a witness without acting. It sees everything above, behind, and around it, pervading the entire being without leaving any space unoccupied.

You will soon witness the devastating consequences of vanity, pride, anger, arrogance, boastfulness, heartlessness, cruel words and actions, aversion to righteousness, sinfulness, and speaking ill of others, as well as disobeying the advice of the elderly and having a warped perspective, and all sorts of vices.

After witnessing the accomplishment of that unparalleled feat, which even the gods found impossible, Matali, the charioteer of Indra, paid his respects to me.

The pain of someone who has lost all their wealth, or a son, or is in debt, or is separated from their friends, or a woman who has lost her husband, or someone who has lost everything due to the king's demands, or a woman who is infertile, or someone who has been attacked by a tiger, or someone who is a co-wife, or someone who has been robbed of their property by false witnesses, is all considered to be equal in severity by the gods.

A person becomes a witness because they have seen, heard, and understood something. Therefore, a witness should always tell the truth.

In deep sleep, the self becomes like transparent water, a unified, undivided witness.

The infinite being, after enjoying himself in the dream state and simply witnessing the results of good and evil, remains in a state of deep sleep and then returns to its former condition, the dream state.

When the Purusha within us becomes aware of itself as a witness and separates from nature, it's the first step towards freedom for the soul. By becoming detached, we can understand nature and its processes independently, and we're no longer entangled in its workings. We can then choose to accept or reject, and our decisions become deliberate and effective.

Action cannot happen without the awareness of a witness, because the universe only exists in the consciousness that observes it and has no reality of its own.

The simple union with Divine Reality that he continuously praised is both the duty and the joy of every soul. It is independent of rituals and physical austerities. The God he proclaimed is not found in Kaaba or Kailash.