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Bhagavad Gita Quotes on Brahman
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Quotes drawn from the Bhagavad Gita 252 quotes, each linked to the shloka behind it.
Discover Bhagavad Gita quotes on Brahman, the ultimate, imperishable reality that the Gita presents as the ground of all existence.
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Everything is strung on one thread like pearls.
The imperishable is not far; the mind is.
See the one in the many.
When everything passes, something remains.
In every being lies the same seed.
You are not separate from what you came from.
You do not need to know everything; know the source.
All beings are waves on one sea.
Many beings, one root.
A quiet mind is the doorway to supreme happiness.
You are a pearl on a thread that holds everyone.
Beyond the cycles of change is something that does not change.
Nothing exists apart from the source.
There is something imperishable to be known, and it is your refuge.
The changeless is found by looking beyond what changes.
Different traditions, one reality.
To know the beginningless is to touch the deathless.
Immortality begins with knowing what does not die.
What you seek is both inside and outside you.
One life appears as many lives.
What looks divided is one thing wearing many faces.
The branches differ; the tree is one.
There is an abode of bliss that does not perish.
The deepest home is immortal and full of joy.
The deepest light needs no lamp.
See the sacred in the smallest task and it becomes sacred.
Unseen threads hold the visible world together.
Different beads, same thread.
Behind all change stands something that does not change.
There is a deeper stillness beneath all rising and falling.
Even loss cannot reach what is eternal.
Take comfort: not everything is passing.
Let the unchanging be your anchor in a changing world.
The eternal is the quiet shelter under every storm.
What is formless is not absent; it is everywhere.
Seeing the changeless loosens the grip of every change.
There is something to be known that has no beginning.
Let the beginningless be your anchor.
Knowing the supreme is knowing what cannot be lost.
The sacred sees through every eye and hears through every ear.
Every hand that helps is a hand of the whole.
The world is wrapped in a single presence.
The sacred is not elsewhere; it surrounds every place.
Too subtle to grasp, too close to miss.
Look inside and outside; you will find the same presence.
It is far if you chase it and near if you rest.
The finest presence is felt, not caught.
Behind the many stands the one.
Be gentle with beings; you are made of the same stuff.
See diversity as a spreading out of a single life.
When you see the one root, the many branches stop being rivals.
Every difference grows from the same ground.
Variety and unity are not opposed; they are partners.
Your heart can rest in what does not end.
Imperishable joy is the ground beneath passing happiness.
The source of all is also the source of joy.
Let the thought of an eternal home steady you.
Om, Tat, Sat: three words to point toward the whole.
What is good and true is also lasting.
Nothing stands alone; all is connected at the core.
The sacred does not sit above the world; it runs through it.
The imperishable is the ground beneath everything that perishes.
The imperishable seed lives in every heart.
The highest is abode, purifier and friend all at once.
All things, moving and still, rest on one foundation.
Everything is rooted in something deeper than it appears.
Disconnection is only an appearance; the root is shared.
Know the imperishable and your fears will find a floor.
Beyond being and non-being lies a quiet ground.
Wonder at what has no start and no end.
Everywhere you go, you are inside something that surrounds you.
Be fully alive to the senses while resting free of them.
Both the moving and the still belong to it.
Peace comes when you see how all things hang together.
All beings spread from one origin like rays from one sun.
Where bliss and order meet, you find peace.
The simplest names for the highest are often the best.
Naming the sacred does not contain it.
Goodness and reality are close companions.
Beneath all differences runs one undivided thread.
Peace of mind and purity of heart make happiness complete.
A clean heart finds a lasting joy.
Constant union makes infinite joy feel natural.
Find the thread, and the whole necklace makes sense.
Know the self, know the world, know your action.
What the wise call imperishable is worth a life's discipline.
Find the part of the world that never perishes.
The eternal is the quiet backdrop of every scene.
Everything depends on what depends on nothing.
The undeluded mind rests in the beginningless.
To name the highest is to bow before it.
Eternal and unborn: what has no beginning also has no end.
Being and non-being are both held in something beyond.
The imperishable is worthy of your deepest attention.
Whatever you do for another, you do through the same hands.
Subtlety is no absence; the finest things are the nearest.
Do not search only outside; do not search only inside.
Understand variety as the generosity of one source.
Eternal order and absolute joy rest in the same place.
Truth, source and being: all can be named quietly.
Reality is kinder than we sometimes fear.
Sacred action is rooted in the source of all.
Offering, offerer, fire: see one reality in all three.
A heart given to something higher stays dry in the storm.
A purified heart touches the infinite without strain.
Nothing begins or ends outside the whole.
Your life is a bead in a pattern larger than you can see.
Ask about the self, the action, the world, and the divine.
The wise point toward the deathless with plain words.
What has no beginning needs no defence.
Everything you honour points to the one that holds it all.
The all-pervading cannot be visited; it can only be noticed.
The highest reality cannot be pinned down by words like 'is' or 'is not'.
Wisdom is seeing unity without erasing diversity.
Rest in the presence that fills everything and is lost in nothing.
The eternal is present wherever work is offered.
Behind the restless world sits something quietly eternal.
The knowable includes the unknowable; hold both with humility.
What is all-pervading cannot be cornered.
Good work flows from something deeper than ourselves.
The joy of the infinite is a taste, not a task.
Behind the visible and the hidden lies a third reality.
The sacred is not only the goal of worship but its substance.
What lights everything else needs no lighting itself.
Let the thought of the all-pervading steady your fear.
Unity is not sameness; it is a shared source.
The imperishable is not far; it is the ground of everything near.
All honest effort rests on a deeper foundation.
Whoever sees the divine in action moves toward the divine.
Before you divide, remember what binds.
Even the unseen is part of the whole.
Wisdom guides action; the imperishable guides wisdom.
Flawless and even, the ultimate treats all alike.
The goal is closer than complexity suggests.
Scripture is a map, but the source is the destination.
What thread connects you to those you find hard to love?
What in your life is truly imperishable?
What would you hold on to if you knew something in you never ends?
Where could you see a shared root with someone very different from you?
Where do you glimpse imperishable joy in your own life?
Nothing is separate from what you offer it to.
Where do you most clearly feel surrounded by something larger?
Where do you sense something near that you cannot quite name?
Where do you feel most separate, and what might connect you?
Where could you see the sacred in today's routine?
How often do you touch the infinite in a day?
Be in the world like a lotus leaf on water.
Happiness found within cannot be taken from you.
As wind rests in the sky, all life rests in the sacred.
Find your joy inside, your rest inside, your light inside.
Choose the path of light.
Bliss is not rare; it is rarely practised.
Everything arises from one source and returns to it.
Seek the part of you that time cannot touch.
The deepest home is the one you never have to leave.
You live inside the sacred, not outside it.
Unity and diversity are two views of one truth.
Many shapes, one reality.
The whole universe fits within one embrace.
Take refuge in what does not perish.
The supreme resting place of the universe is also yours.
Come home to the one who is the home of everything.
The sacred is in front, behind, and on every side.
Nothing is empty of the sacred.
Life is a tree whose roots are in the sky.
Even at life's last hour, steadiness can lead you home.
Offer the work, and no stain remains.
Take refuge in what does not age, and the fear of ageing softens.
The finest and the vastest are one.
Everything that rises will come down; the source does not.
Everything visible emerges from the invisible.
The invisible pervades the visible.
Know the source of all, and your mind will settle.
Origin and destination are the same home.
All the world's divisions are united in one body.
All beings, near and far, are held in one body.
All beings rest in one vast body; none is left out.
Even in a vast universe, you are sheltered.
Rest in the ancient, steady presence behind all things.
The sacred is near enough to touch and far enough to wonder at.
Do not mistake appearances for division.
Division is a surface; unity is the depth.
Take refuge in the immortal; it is always available.
Seeing the same Self in all makes cruelty harder and kindness easier.
What pervades everything cannot be destroyed.
The kitchen, the office, the field: all can be altars.
Everything that comes will go; the source stays.
Form comes from formlessness and goes home to it.
To arrive at the imperishable is to stop wandering.
What is imperishable can be practised daily.
You may roam anywhere and remain within the whole.
To know the source as eternal is to be undeluded.
Every creation has a beginning, middle and end; the creator abides.
The whole universe rests on a single quiet support.
Every form you meet is one of the thousand faces of the whole.
Moving and still, near and far: all belong to one whole.
The space between everything is full of presence.
The infinite deserves reverence.
Everything is pervaded by one infinite form.
All bodies are fields; one awareness knows them all.
Everyone you meet is a limb of one body.
Awareness lights up the senses but is not made of them.
Serene in the Self, one neither grieves nor craves.
Gratitude is the nectar left over from generosity.
A mind settled in equality has already crossed the sea.
Ask what you would give up for the imperishable.
Beyond every rank is a place with no rank.
Rest in the thought that what ends only returns to its source.
The supreme abode is where fear finally rests.
The offering, the offerer and the fire are all expressions of one reality.
You cannot step outside the source to look at it.
Imperishable greatness is not far; it is the ground you stand on.
Unity is no idea; it is the way things are.
The same life shines through every face.
Drop ego, force, and pride; what remains is peace.
To see all beings equally is the heart of compassion.
Eternal and all-pervading: you are not small.
Once truly steady, confusion cannot shake you again.
Rest in evenness, and rest in the highest.
Liberation feels like being at home in yourself.
Be one with what you most deeply are.
Every quality of mind arises within something larger.
People give up much for the sake of what does not end.
What has no beginning needs no origin story.
Greater than every creator is that from which creation comes.
All wombs lead back to the same source.
You are woven into something that cannot be unmade.
When the whole sea is before you, one well is no longer needed.
Steady wisdom is the quiet doorway into boundless peace.
To be balanced toward all is to stand in the truth.
Purify, calm and unite: a simple path to joy.
Some light cannot be switched on or off; it simply is.
The Supreme is not far; it pervades everything.
Rest your heart in what cannot fade.
When action is offered, it touches the infinite.
A person at rest within is a quiet kind of sun.
Stilled passions leave room for supreme joy.
Good questions name the terms before chasing the answers.
Some meet the infinite by letting go of every image.
The world is rooted in something higher than itself.
In truth, a part is never separate from the whole.
Differences are real; separation is a story.
Look through the changing surface to what pervades it.
Steady, ancient, everywhere: the self is its own foundation.
The same eternal presence looks out of every pair of eyes.
Liberation is a state to stand in, not a prize to wait for.
Offering links the visible act to the invisible root.
Beyond labels, one being looks out through many eyes.
The highest knowledge can be pointed to in a few words.
The unmanifest holds more than the visible can show.
To be fit for the highest, begin by emptying out the unnecessary.
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