Self Realization

                                                Srimad Bhagavatam

God is the self in all beings, their supreme benefactor and the cause of their very life.

He is the cause for all that moves.

Among virtues he is even mindedness.

He is the primary attribute of all attributes.

He is universal intelligence.

Of all things subtle he is the soul.

And of all the most difficult things to subdue he is mind.

He is Brahma the teacher of Vedas.

Among the sacred words he is Om.

Of the great seers he is Bhrigu.

Of kingly sages he is Manu.

Of the divine seers he is Narada.

Of the perfected souls he is Kapila.

Of all the progeny of Diti he is Prahalada.

Of all satellites he is moon.

Of all luminaries he is the sun.

Of all men he is the king.

Of all metals he is Gold.

Of all the controllers he is Yama.

Of all the orders of life he is the monastic order.

Of all castes he is Brahmin.

Of all sacred rivers he is the holy Ganges.

Of waters he is the ocean.

Of all weapons he is the bow.

Of all bowmen he is Lord Siva.

Of all abodes he is mount Meru.

Of all inaccessible places he is the Himalayas.

Of all trees he is Asvattha.

And of all grains he is Barley.

Of all priests he is Vasistha.

And of all knowers of Brahman he is Brihaspathi.

Of generals he is Skandha.

And of all pioneers he is Brahma.

Of all sacrifices he is the study of Vedas.

Of all vows he is non violence.

Of all purifiers he is the self.

Of all spiritual disciplines he is control of the mind.

And of all victory he is the victor.

Of all intellectual power he is the discrimination between self and non self.

Among women he is Satarupa.

And among men he is Manu.

Among saints he is Narayana.

Among celibates he is Sanat Kumara.

Among all vows he is the monastic vow.

Among all sources of well being he is introspection.

Of all secrets he is the truthful word and silence.

Of all seasons he is spring.

Of the knowers of Vedas he is Vyasa.

Among the wise he is Sukra.

Among the lords he is Vasudeva.

Among devotees he is the devotee.

Of the gems he is sapphire.

And among the beautiful things he is the lotus bud.

Of the species of grass he is Kusa.

Among oblations he is clarified butter.

He is the energy and tenacity of the strong.

He is the devotion of the devotee.

In water he is the sweet taste.

Of resplendence he is the sun.

He is the luster of the sun, moon and stars.

He is the music of the spheres.

He is the origin, maintenance and dissolution of all beings.

He is the function of all organs.

He is the three modes of material nature ie. Goodness, passion and ignorance.

He is the supreme Brahman.

He is the knowledge and realization.

Nothing exists without or beyond god.

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