The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita : Ch-11. Part-13.



Chapter 11: God Present Within Us :

Part-13.

Inasmuch as everything is perishable, the tendency of the whole universe is to overcome this perishable character of itself and attain the imperishable Brahman—aksaram brahma paramam.

The adhyatma is the essential nature of an individual—svabhavo’dhytmam ucyate.

Your essential nature is called adhyatma.

Your essential nature is naturally not what appears on the surface of your personality.

Your body, your social conduct, the words that you speak, the ideas that you think usually—these are not your personality.

These are temporary expressions of various layers of your personality at different moments of time.

They are like the movement of a river, or the burning of the flame of a lamp—a continuity but not an indivisibility.

Swami Krishnananda
To be continued  ....




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