The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavad gita-19.14.

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10/11/2017.

19: True Knowledge : 14.

That peculiar mystery which eludes the grasp of the senses and the mind, but which knows the distinction between the subject and the object, which is that which tells us that prakriti is different from purusha—that thing is the object to be known. Who tells us that prakriti is different from purusha?

Know that. That is the supreme object of knowledge. As the sun illuminates all things with its brilliant light, so does this supreme kshetrajna illumine all things. If all light is extinguished, this light will remain.

As the Upanishad puts it: “When the sun has set, the moon will shine; when the moon is not there, the stars will shine; when the stars are not there, the fire will shed light for us; but if that goes out, what remains? Your own Self remains.”

We may grope in darkness, but we are aware that we grope in darkness—that is the Light behind us. Even when we are ignorant, we know that we are ignorant.

That is the Light behind this darkness of ignorance, and it cannot be extinguished. So this supreme existence can never be abolished; it can never become non-existent ultimately. Know this.

So here is a grand exposition of the nature of the object, the nature of true knowledge and the nature of That which is ultimately to be known.

This is the subject of the thirteenth chapter of the Bhagavadgita, which gives us a comprehensive description of the highest Knowledge.

CHAPTER :-19: True Knowledge, ENDS

NEXT : CHAPTER :-20.We are the Fruits and Leaves of the Cosmic Tree
  1. In the process of the creation of the universe, three powerful forces emanate from God, and these forces constitute the stuff of the whole of creation. ..... To be continued

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