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Realization

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on realization. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 7 • Verse 19 →The Yoga of Knowledge and Wisdom

Bahunam janmanam ante jnanavan mam prapadyate, vasudevah sarvam iti sa mahatma su-durlabhah

After many births and deaths, one with true knowledge surrenders unto Me, knowing Me to be the cause of all causes and all that is. Such a great soul is very rare.

•Spiritual evolution takes many lifetimes
•True knowledge leads to surrender
•Recognizing the ultimate reality is rare

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Chapter 2 • Verse 59 →The Yoga of Knowledge

Vishaya vinivartante niraharasya dehinah, rasa-varjam raso 'py asya param drishtva nivartate

The objects of the senses turn away from those who abstain from them, but the taste remains. However, even this taste ceases for those who have seen the Supreme.

•Sensory withdrawal alone is not enough
•Higher experience ends lower cravings
•Divine realization transforms desires

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