Fifteenth
Discourse – The Yoga of the Supreme Person
Here
Lord Krishna tells us about the ultimate source of this visible, phenomenal
universe from which all things have come into being; just like a great tree
with all its roots, trunk, branches, leaves, flowers and fruit, which spring forth
from the earth, which itself supports the tree and in which it is rooted.
The
Lord declares that He is the source of all existence and refers to this
phenomenal universe as being like an inverted tree, whose roots are in Para
Brahman (Supreme Being) and whose spreading branches and foliage constitute all
the things and factors that go to make up these vast, created phenomena.
This
mysterious “tree” is very difficult to understand, being a product of His
inscrutable power of Maya or delusion. Hence, a marvellous, apparent
appearance, without having actual reality. One who fully understands this
Samsara Tree (fictitious tree) goes beyond delusion. To be attached to it, is
to be caught in it. The surest way of transcending this delusion is by
non-attachment and dispassion.
Lord
Krishna further declares that because He is beyond perishable matter and
superior to the imperishable Soul, enveloped in Maya, He is known in this world
as well as in the scriptures as the Supreme Person.
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