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Purushottama Yoga
The Supreme Person
The cosmic ashvattha tree to be cut with the axe of letting go, the fragment of the Divine that is every soul, and the final teaching of the Supreme Person beyond both the perishable and the undying.
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Gita 15.1-2ūrdhvamūlamadhaḥśākhamaśvatthaṃ prāhuravyayam | chandāṃsi yasya parṇāni yastaṃ v…The Blessed Lord said: They speak of the imperishable ashvattha tree with roots above and branches below, whose leaves a…Gita 15.3-4na rūpamasyeha tathopalabhyate nānto na cādirna ca sampratiṣṭhā | aśvatthamenaṃ …Its form is not perceived here as such, neither its end nor its beginning nor its foundation. Having cut this firmly-roo…Gita 15.5nirmānamohā jitasaṅgadoṣā adhyātmanityā vinivṛttakāmāḥ | dvandvairvimuktāḥ sukha…Without pride and delusion, with the evil of attachment conquered, ever dwelling in the Self, desires turned away, relea…Gita 15.6na tadbhāsayate sūryo na śaśāṅko na pāvakaḥ | yadgatvā na nivartante taddhāma pa…Neither sun nor moon nor fire illumines that, having gone to which they return not: that is My supreme abode.Gita 15.7mamaivāṃśo jīvaloke jīvabhūtaḥ sanātanaḥ | manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi prakṛtisthāni k…A fragment of My own self, become the eternal living soul in the world of life, draws to itself the senses, with mind as…Gita 15.8-9śarīraṃ yadavāpnoti yaccāpyutkrāmatīśvaraḥ | gṛhītvaitāni saṃyāti vāyurgandhāniv…When the lord acquires a body and when he departs from it, he takes these and goes, as the wind takes fragrances from th…Gita 15.10-11utkrāmantaṃ sthitaṃ vāpi bhuñjānaṃ vā guṇānvitam | vimūḍhā nānupaśyanti paśyanti…The deluded do not perceive him, departing, staying, or experiencing, conjoined with the gunas; those with the eye of kn…Gita 15.12-14yadādityagataṃ tejo jagadbhāsayate'khilam | yaccandramasi yaccāgnau tattejo vidd…The splendour residing in the sun that illumines the whole world, that in the moon and in fire, know that splendour to b…Gita 15.15sarvasya cāhaṃ hṛdi sanniviṣṭo mattaḥ smṛtirjñānamapohanañca | vedaiśca sarvaira…And I am seated in the hearts of all; from Me come memory, knowledge, and their loss; I alone am to be known by all the …Gita 15.16-17dvāvimau puruṣau loke kṣaraścākṣara eva ca | kṣaraḥ sarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho'kṣa…There are two persons in this world, the perishable and the imperishable: the perishable is all beings; the unchanging i…Gita 15.18-19yasmātkṣaramatīto'hamakṣarādapi cottamaḥ | ato'smi loke vede ca prathitaḥ puruṣo…Since I transcend the perishable and am higher even than the imperishable, I am celebrated in the world and in the Veda …Gita 15.20iti guhyatamaṃ śāstramidamuktaṃ mayānagha | etadbuddhvā buddhimānsyātkṛtakṛtyaśc…Thus has this most secret teaching been declared by Me, O sinless one; knowing this, one becomes wise and one's duty is …
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1Arjuna Vishada YogaThe Yoga of Arjuna's Despair2Sankhya YogaThe Yoga of Knowledge3Karma YogaThe Yoga of Action4Jnana Karma Sanyasa YogaKnowledge & Renunciation of Action5Karma Sanyasa YogaThe Yoga of Renunciation6Dhyana YogaThe Yoga of Meditation7Jnana Vijnana YogaKnowledge of the Absolute8Akshara Brahma YogaThe Imperishable Absolute9Raja Vidya Raja Guhya YogaThe Royal Knowledge & Royal Secret10Vibhuti YogaThe Yoga of Divine Glories11Vishvarupa Darshana YogaThe Vision of the Universal Form12Bhakti YogaThe Yoga of Devotion13Kshetra Kshetrajna Vibhaga YogaThe Field & the Knower of the Field14Gunatraya Vibhaga YogaThe Three Gunas15Purushottama YogaThe Supreme Person16Daivasura Sampad Vibhaga YogaThe Divine & Demonic Natures17Shraddhatraya Vibhaga YogaThe Three Kinds of Faith18Moksha Sanyasa YogaLiberation through Renunciation