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The Bhagavad Gita1470
“He who thus comprehendeth Prakriti, or Nature; Purusha, or Soul; and
the Gunas, or Principles of Nature, even as I have spoken of them to thee,
Arjuna, though he may be living in any state or condition or manner—he
shall not be again subject to mortal birth.
“Some men, by means of meditation, behold the Universal Soul within
Nature—the Soul within the Body. Others attain the perception by means
of Renunciation of Action. And others, still, by the Service of Right Action.
Others there be who have not discovered this truth of themselves, and in
themselves; but have heard the doctrine and teachings from others, and
thereafter heed the same and respect it and attend unto it. Yea, I say
unto you, O Arjuna, that even these last, if they manifest earnest faith and
attention, and observe the truth thus obtained by them—even they shall lay
the foundations of immortality, and pass beyond the Gulf of Death.
“Knoweth thou, O Prince of Pandu, that every thing that is created, be it
animate or inanimate, is produced by the combination of Soul and Nature—
the Knower and the Known. He who seeth the Universal Soul immanent in
all things—imperishable, although in all perishable things—verily, indeed
such a one truly seeth. Seeing the same Universal Soul immanent in all things,
he avoideth the error of identifying the Self with the lower principles, and
thus he is released from the illusion of mortality, and goes forward on the
road to immortality.
“He who sees that his actions are really performed by Nature, and Nature’s
principles, and that the Soul is not to be entangled therein—he sees indeed.
When he perceiveth that all the various forms of Nature’s manifestations
are really rooted in the One Life, and from thence are spread forth in their
branches, limbs, twigs, and leaves of infinite variety—then he passeth into a
consciousness of the One Life.
“The Spirit, O Prince—the Spirit of the Universal Soul—even when it is
within one of Nature’s bodily forms, never really acts nor is really affected.
Because of its essential nature, it is above and beyond action. And being
without beginning, and without qualities or attributes, it is beyond the