The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute

Arjuna said: O Supreme Person, what is Brahman

Who is the lord of sacrifice, and how does He dwell in this body, O Madhusudana

The Supreme Lord said: The imperishable is called Brahman, the supreme reality

The perishable material nature is called adhibhuta

Whoever, at the time of death, departs remembering Me alone, leaving the body, attains My…

Whatever state of being one remembers when leaving the body at death, that very state one…

Therefore, at all times remember Me and fight

With the mind disciplined through the practice of yoga, not wandering to anything else,…

One who meditates on the Supreme as the omniscient, the most ancient, the controller of…

At the time of death, with an unwavering mind, engaged in devotion, and by the power of…

That which the knowers of the Vedas call the imperishable, which the ascetics free from…

Restraining all the gates of the body, confining the mind in the heart, and fixing the…

Uttering the single syllable Om, which is Brahman, and remembering Me, whoever departs…

For one who always remembers Me with an undivided mind, constantly united in yoga, I am…

Having attained Me, the great souls are not born again in this transient world of…

All worlds, up to the realm of Brahma, are subject to return, O Arjuna

Those who know that Brahma's day lasts a thousand ages and his night also lasts a…

At the arrival of Brahma's day, all manifest beings come forth from the unmanifest, and…

That same multitude of beings, coming into existence again and again, is dissolved at the…

But beyond that unmanifest, there is another unmanifest existence — an eternal being that…

That unmanifest, known as the imperishable, is declared to be the supreme destination

That Supreme Person, O Partha, in whom all beings reside and by whom all this is…

O best of the Bharatas, I shall now describe the times at which yogis depart, attaining…

Those who know Brahman depart during the influence of fire, light, daytime, the bright…

Departing during the influence of smoke, night, the dark fortnight, and the six months of…

The bright and dark paths of the world are considered eternal

O son of Pritha, no yogi who knows these two paths is ever deluded

Whatever merit one gains through the study of the Vedas, through sacrifices, austerities,…