THE DEVOTION TO THE SUPREME SPIRIT ------------------------------------------------- (BHAGAVAD-GITA , 15th SKANDHA ) A man should contemplate Brahman until he has sharpened the axe of his non-attachment . With this axe he must cut through the firmly-rooted ASWATTHA tree . Then he must try to realise that state from which there is no return to future births . Let him take refuge in that Primal Being , from whom all this seeming activity streams forth for ever . When men have thrown off their ignorance , they are free from pride and delusion . They have conquered the evils of worldly attachment . They live in constant union with the Atman . All cravings have left them . They are no longer at the mercy of opposing sense-reactions . Thus they reach that state which is beyond all change . There are two kinds of personality in this world , the mortal and the immortal . The personalitiy of all creatures is mortal . The personality of God is immortal . It is the same for ever . But there is one other than these; the Impersonal Being who is called the Supreme Atman . He is the unchanging Lord who pervades and supports the three worlds . And since , I , the Atman , transcend the mortal and even the immortal , I am known in this world and in the Vedas as the supreme Reality . He who is free from delusion , and knows mw as the Supreme Reality , knows all that can be known . Therefore he adores me with his whole heart . This is the most sacred of all the truths I have taught you . He who has realised it becomes truly wise . The purpose of his life is fulfilled .
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