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Akshara Brahma Yoga (Samskrit: अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः) is the commonly given title to the eighth chapter of the [[Bhagavad Gita (भगवद्गीता)|Bhagavad Gita]]. This chapter talks about the radiant, imperishable divine reality who is beyond all things manifest and unmanifest, names and forms and which is the highest goal to be attained in the human life.

{{ToBeEdited}}Akshara Brahma Yoga (Samskrit: अक्षरब्रह्मयोगः) is the commonly given title to the eighth chapter of the [[Bhagavad Gita (भगवद्गीता)|Bhagavad Gita]]. This chapter talks about the radiant, imperishable divine reality who is beyond all things manifest and unmanifest, names and forms and which is the highest goal to be attained in the human life.

== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

== परिचयः ॥ Introduction ==

The [[Jnana Vijnana Yoga (ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगः)|previous chapter]] spoke about union with the Supreme being. In continuation to that discussion, Sri Krishna in this chapter, explains that all beings, including even the deities, repeatedly come into being in this created universe from the state of unmanifest being wherein they remained at the end of an age-cycle. However, the Supreme being exists even beyond this unmanifest state. And those who attain union with the Supreme being do not have to come again into this impermanent world of sorrow and pain. Therefore, that radiant, imperishable Divine Reality is the highest goal to be attained and single-minded devotion of our heart is the means of attaining this highest state.<ref name=":0">Swami Sivananda (2000), [https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/BHAGAVAD-GITA-By-SRI-SWAMI-SIVANANDA.pdf Bhagavad Gita], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society, The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman.</ref>

The [[Jnana Vijnana Yoga (ज्ञानविज्ञानयोगः)|previous chapter]] spoke about union with the Supreme being. In continuation to that discussion, Sri Krishna in this chapter, explains that all beings, including even the deities, repeatedly come into being in this created universe from the state of unmanifest being wherein they remained at the end of an age-cycle. However, the Supreme being exists even beyond this unmanifest state. And those who attain union with the Supreme being do not have to come again into this impermanent world of sorrow and pain. Therefore, that radiant, imperishable Divine Reality is the highest goal to be attained and single-minded devotion of our heart is the means of attaining this highest state.<ref name=":0">Swami Sivananda (2000), [https://holybooks-lichtenbergpress.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/BHAGAVAD-GITA-By-SRI-SWAMI-SIVANANDA.pdf Bhagavad Gita], Uttar Pradesh: The Divine Life Society, The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman.</ref>