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Matter

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on matter. Explore teachings across 1 chapter.

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Chapter 13 • Verse 5 →The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field

Maha-bhutany ahankaro buddhir avyaktam eva cha, indriyani dashaikam cha panca chendriya-gocharah

The field (kshetra) consists of the five great elements, false ego, intelligence, the unmanifested, the ten senses, the mind, and the five sense objects. These twenty-four elements comprise the totality of material existence.

•Material existence is composed of twenty-four elements
•The body is a complex field of interacting energies
•Understanding material components aids in transcending them

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Chapter 13 • Verse 27 →The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field

Yavat sanjayate kinchit sattvam sthavara-jangamam, kshetra-kshetrajña-samyogat tad viddhi bharatarshabha

Know, O Arjuna, that whatever being, moving or non-moving, is born, it is from the union between the field and the knower of the field.

•All creation stems from consciousness and matter
•The interplay of spirit and material
•Understanding the basis of existence

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