As a lamp in a spot sheltered from the wind does not flicker, this simile is used for the subdued mind of a yogi practicing meditation on Brahman.
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But great souls, who possess divine qualities know Me as the cause of creation and imperishable, and worship Me single-mindedly.Bhagavad-Gita
The one who truly understands My transcendental birth and activities, is not born again after leaving this body and attains My abode.
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When thy reason has crossed the entanglements of illusion, then shalt thou become indifferent both to the philosophies thou hast heard and to those thou mayest yet hear.
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Among the feminine nouns I am fame, prosperity, speech, memory, intellect, resolve, and forgiveness.
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I am the all-devouring death, and also the origin of future beings.
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Undivided, yet appears as if divided in beings He, the object of knowledge, is the creator, sustainer, and destroyer of (all) beings.
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