Achieve Brahman and overcome time. Transcend time and become one with the Eternal.
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Time
Across spiritual traditions, time is understood as a complex and multifaceted concept. Various traditions converge on the idea that time is relative and influenced by human perception. They diverge in their interpretations of time's nature and significance, offering unique perspectives.
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The Eternal is beyond time. Brahman is timeless, an eternal reality that transcends time.
Time is more precious than money, and more valuable than anything in the world. It's the greatest treasure, the essence of life. Use time wisely for spiritual growth, and don't waste a single moment.
Arjuna said: Your birth was later, and the birth of Vivasvan was earlier. How, then, am I to understand that you taught this in the beginning?
अर्जुन उवाच | अपरं भवतो जन्म परं जन्म विवस्वतः | कथमेतद्विजानीयां त्वमादौ प्रोक्तवानिति ||४-४||
The Blessed Lord said: I am Time, mighty and world-destroying, here set upon annihilating the worlds. Even without you, none of these warriors arrayed in the opposing ranks shall survive.
श्रीभगवानुवाच | कालोऽस्मि लोकक्षयकृत्प्रवृद्धो लोकान्समाहर्तुमिह प्रवृत्तः | ऋतेऽपि त्वां न भविष्यन्ति सर्वे येऽवस्थिताः प्रत्यनीकेषु योधाः ||११-३२||
Handed down this way in succession, the royal sages knew it. But over the long course of time, Arjuna, this yoga was lost here in the world.
एवं परम्पराप्राप्तमिमं राजर्षयो विदुः | स कालेनेह महता योगो नष्टः परन्तप ||४-२||
I know the beings that are past, those that are present, and those yet to come, Arjuna; but no one knows me.
वेदाहं समतीतानि वर्तमानानि चार्जुन | भविष्याणि च भूतानि मां तु वेद न कश्चन ||७-२६||
As moths rush headlong into a blazing flame to their destruction, so too do these people rush headlong into your mouths to their destruction.
यथा प्रदीप्तं ज्वलनं पतङ्गा विशन्ति नाशाय समृद्धवेगाः | तथैव नाशाय विशन्ति लोकास्- तवापि वक्त्राणि समृद्धवेगाः ||११-२९||
All beings enter my nature at the end of a cosmic cycle, son of Kunti; at the beginning of the next cycle I send them forth again.
सर्वभूतानि कौन्तेय प्रकृतिं यान्ति मामिकाम् | कल्पक्षये पुनस्तानि कल्पादौ विसृजाम्यहम् ||९-७||
As the many torrents of rivers rush toward the ocean, so do these heroes of the world of men enter your blazing mouths.
यथा नदीनां बहवोऽम्बुवेगाः समुद्रमेवाभिमुखा द्रवन्ति | तथा तवामी नरलोकवीरा विशन्ति वक्त्राण्यभिविज्वलन्ति ||११-२८||
This same multitude of beings, coming into existence again and again, is helplessly dissolved at the coming of night, Arjuna, and comes forth again at the coming of day.
भूतग्रामः स एवायं भूत्वा भूत्वा प्रलीयते | रात्र्यागमेऽवशः पार्थ प्रभवत्यहरागमे ||८-१९||
From the unmanifest all manifestations arise at the coming of day; at the coming of night they dissolve back into that very thing called the unmanifest.
अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तयः सर्वाः प्रभवन्त्यहरागमे | रात्र्यागमे प्रलीयन्ते तत्रैवाव्यक्तसंज्ञके ||८-१८||
Those who know that a day of Brahmā lasts a thousand ages, and that his night ends after a thousand ages — those are the people who truly know day and night.
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तमहर्यद् ब्रह्मणो विदुः | रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां तेऽहोरात्रविदो जनाः ||८-१७||
I bow to the Guru whose twin lotus feet eradicate the burning pain of duality and who at all times delivers the seeker from every adversity.
यदङ्घ्रिकमलद्वन्द्वं द्वन्द्वतापनिवारकम् । तारकं सर्वदाऽपद्भ्यः श्रीगुरुं प्रणमाम्यहम्
Those who have climbed the tree of worldly existence fall into the ocean of torment. Salutations to the Guru who draws them all back up and delivers them from that fate.
संसारवृक्षमारूढाः पतन्तो नरकार्णवे । येन चैवोद्धृताः सर्वे तस्मै श्रीगुरवे नमः
I understand morality, which is timeless and full of mysteries. It is the same ancient morality that is known to everyone, which is about being friendly to all and doing good for all creatures.
The gods, with Brahma at their head, worship your benevolent self, O sinless one. You are everything. You are the creator of the gods and it was you who caused them to be created. Through your grace, the gods pass their time in joy and perfect fearlessness.
God is the enduring one, and everything else is transient.
Complete self-knowledge at all times is a gift of supramental gnosis, leading to complete self-mastery and perfect self-expression in nature.
This is not Karma Yoga, but rather a self-promotional attempt to gain fame. In contrast, a common laborer who earns a meager living through hard work may choose to donate their earnings to feed the hungry or sick, even if it means they themselves go without food that day. This is true self-sacrifice and genuine Karma Yoga.