Not different from... (BG and SB)
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 1 - 6
For want of sufficient knowledge in the absolute science, we are now covered with illusion, and therefore we think that we are separate from Kṛṣṇa. Although we are separated parts of Kṛṣṇa, we are nevertheless not different from Him. The bodily difference of the living entities is māyā, or not actual fact. We are all meant to satisfy Kṛṣṇa. By māyā alone Arjuna thought that the temporary bodily relationship with his kinsmen was more important than his eternal spiritual relationship with Kṛṣṇa. The whole teaching of the Gītā is targeted toward this end: that a living being, as Kṛṣṇa's eternal servitor, cannot be separated from Kṛṣṇa, and his sense of being an identity apart from Kṛṣṇa is called māyā. The living entities, as separate parts and parcels of the Supreme, have a purpose to fulfill. Having forgotten that purpose since time immemorial, they are situated in different bodies, as men, animals, demigods, etc.
Page Title: | Not different from... (BG and SB) |
Compiler: | Visnu Murti, RupaManjari |
Created: | 08 of Dec, 2011 |
Totals by Section: | BG=6, SB=51, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 57 |