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| But the mode of departure at death is common to both till they enter on their respective ways. | | But the mode of departure at death is common to both till they enter on their respective ways. |
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− | The law of Creation is also explained in the Bhagavad Gita (VIIth & VIIIth Chapters) and in the third chapter of Yajna chakra. | + | == As in Bhagavad Gita == |
| + | The law of Creation is also explained in the Bhagavad Gita (VIIth & VIIIth Chapters) and in the third chapter of Yajna chakra. Lord Krishna tells Arjuna that the Ultimate Reality has to be realised in both aspects, transcendent as well as immanent. The Yogi who realizes both has nothing more to know. |
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| + | This complete union with the Brahman is an extremely difficult task to attain. Of the millions of human beings, very few aspire for this union, and among those who aspire for it, few make efforts to achieve that union, and of the few who make efforts, few ever reach the pinnacle of spiritual realisation. |
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| + | Sri krishna then explains about the manifestations of the Paramatma as the revealed universe and the power behind it. He speaks of these manifestations as His lower and higher manifestations (''Prakritis)''. The lower ''Prakriti'' is made up of the five elements, mind, ego and intellect. The higher ''Prakriti'' is the ultimate ‘Powerless Power’ which creates and upholds the universe, and causes its final dissolution. In the eight chapter, <blockquote>''शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्येते जगतः शाश्वते मते ।''</blockquote><blockquote>''एकया यात्यनावृत्तिमन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥ (Bhag. G. 8.26)''</blockquote><blockquote>''śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hyete jagataḥ śāśvate mate,<br> |
| + | ekayā yātyanāvṛttimanyayāvartate punaḥ''</blockquote>Meaning: These are the bright and the dark paths (called the path of the gods and the path of the fathers in the Upanishads); by the one he departs who does not return, by the other he who returns again. |
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| == सम्वाद || Discussion == | | == सम्वाद || Discussion == |
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| http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_major_works/brahma_suutra.html | | http://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_z_misc_major_works/brahma_suutra.html |
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| + | http://bhagavadgita.org.in/Chapters |
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| [[wikipedia:Festival_of_the_Dead|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead]] | | [[wikipedia:Festival_of_the_Dead|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festival_of_the_Dead]] |