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Eternal realm

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

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Chapter 8 • Verse 20 →The Yoga of the Imperishable Brahman
Paras tasmat tu bhavo 'nyo 'vyakto 'vyaktat sanatanah, yah sa sarveshu bhutesu nashyatsu na vinashyati

Yet there is another unmanifest nature, which is eternal and transcendent, beyond the unmanifest state that exists at the time of cosmic dissolution. It is supreme and is never annihilated. When all in the universe is annihilated, that realm is not destroyed. Beyond even the cosmic unmanifest that exists between creation cycles, there is a higher eternal realm that is never destroyed — the transcendental abode of God.

  • •There is a realm beyond the cosmic manifest-unmanifest cycle
  • •The eternal transcendental realm is never destroyed even in cosmic dissolution
  • •This supreme unmanifest is the true ultimate destination
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Chapter 15 • Verse 6 →The Yoga of the Supreme Person
Na tad bhasayate suryo na shashanko na pavakah, yad gatva na nivartante tad dhama paramam mama

That supreme abode of Mine is not illumined by the sun, moon, or fire. Those who reach it never return to this material world. Krishna describes His transcendental realm, which is self-luminous and beyond all material light sources — an eternal realm that transcends the limits of the cosmos.

  • •The spiritual world is self-luminous and requires no material light source
  • •The supreme abode is beyond the sun, moon, and fire — beyond material creation
  • •Reaching the supreme abode ends the cycle of birth, death, and return
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