।। ॐ श्री सद्गुरुदेव भगवान् की जय ।।
One of the key teachings of Sri Krishna in Bhagavad Gita is about the attributes of the Soul. It has been taught to HIS loving disciple Arjun in the battlefield of MAHABHARAT that the Soul is un manifest and not an object of the senses. He cannot be grasped by the senses. He is present even when there is the association of senses with their objects, but he cannot be comprehended. He is beyond thought. He is eternal and he is present even when the mind and its volitions persist, but he is beyond perception, enjoyment, and access. Sri Krishn has taught Arjun that the unreal has no existence and neither is the real ever nonexistent. The Self is that reality. It is the Self that is changeless, constant, eternal, and unmanifest. They who know essence have found the Self adorned with these traits. Not linguists nor the affluent, but only seers have known the unique character of the Self.
The soul cannot be pierced, weapons cannot cleave, fire cannot singe him. He cannot also be drenched by water, nor withered by wind. The soul is constant, everlasting, and eternal. Only the soul is eternal. Soul, Supreme Soul and God (Ishwar) are synonyms. Since it remains present in everyone’s inner realm of spiritual heart, therefore it is Soul, despite living in everyone’s inner heart, it is beyond everyone and therefore, is the Supreme Soul and one can only know him during restraint of all life winds; therefore, he is God (Ishwar). There may be thousands of such names. Since the Soul is SANATAN (eternal), hence those who are faithful to this Soul, are Sanatan Dharmi. If we are not faithful to the Soul, not dedicated to that Supreme Soul, then we are digressed and not Dharmik.
It has been taught: “Neither ever born nor dying, neither at any time coming into being nor ceasing to be, the Self is birthless, perpetual, unchanging, and timeless, and he is not destroyed when the body is destroyed. The Self, which cannot be pierced or burnt or made wet or faded, is uninterrupted, all-pervasive, constant, immovable, and eternal. The Self is beyond doubt, ever-fresh, omnipresent, immovable, constant, and everlasting.”
Sri Krishna has taught that even the assumption that the Self is ever-born and ever-dying only goes to establish that the born must die and the dead must be born. So, Arjun ought not to grieve over what must be, for sorrowing over something which is inevitable is inviting yet another sorrow.
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