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Beyond the modes of nature

Expressions researched:
"beyond the modes of nature"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 13 - 18

BG 13.32, Translation:

Those with the vision of eternity can see that the imperishable soul is transcendental, eternal, and beyond the modes of nature. Despite contact with the material body, O Arjuna, the soul neither does anything nor is entangled.

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 5

SB 5.16.3, Translation:

When the mind is fixed upon the Supreme Personality of Godhead in His external feature made of the material modes of nature—the gross universal form—it is brought to the platform of pure goodness. In that transcendental position, one can understand the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva, who in His subtler form is self-effulgent and beyond the modes of nature. O my lord, please describe vividly how that form, which covers the entire universe, is perceived.

SB Cantos 10.14 to 12 (Translations Only)

SB 10.40.3, Translation:

The total material nature and these other elements of creation certainly cannot know You as You are, for they are manifested in the realm of dull matter. Since You are beyond the modes of nature, even Lord Brahma, who is bound up in these modes, does not know Your true identity.

SB 11.13.40, Translation:

All superior transcendental qualities, such as being beyond the modes of nature, detached, the well-wisher, the most dear, the Supersoul, equally situated everywhere, and free from material entanglement—all such qualities, free from the transformations of material qualities, find their shelter and worshipable object in Me.

Page Title:Beyond the modes of nature
Compiler:MadhuGopaldas
Created:21 of Apr, 2010
Totals by Section:BG=1, SB=3, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:4