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Oneness

6 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on oneness. Explore teachings across 5 chapters.

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Chapter 6 • Verse 29 →The Yoga of Meditation

Sarva-bhuta-stham atmanam sarva-bhutani chatmani, ikshate yoga-yuktatma sarvatra sama-darshanah

The yogis, who are united in consciousness, see the soul in all beings and all beings in the soul. They see the same in all.

•Unified consciousness sees oneness
•All beings contain the same soul
•True vision sees no separation

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Chapter 10 • Verse 42 →The Yoga of Divine Glories

Atha va bahunaitena kim jnatena tavarjuna, vishtabhyaham idam kritsnam ekamsena sthito jagat

But what is the use of all these details, O Arjuna? Know that with a single fragment of Myself I pervade and support this entire universe. This powerful closing verse summarises the entire teaching: the infinite divine is present in the whole cosmos, yet the Lord surpasses it all — the universe is contained within just one spark of His infinite being.

•The entire universe is sustained by only one fragment of divine power
•The Lord infinitely transcends even His own creation
•Understanding the divine does not require exhaustive enumeration — one glimpse of wholeness suffices

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Chapter 11 • Verse 7 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

Ihaika-stham jagat kritsnam pashyadya sa-characaram, mama dehe gudakesha yach chanyad drashtum icchasi

Behold now, O Arjuna, the entire universe, moving and unmoving, and whatever else you wish to see, all unified in My body.

•The entire universe exists within God
•Divine vision reveals cosmic unity
•All creation is one in the divine

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Chapter 11 • Verse 13 →The Yoga of the Vision of the Universal Form

Tatraika-stham jagat kritsnam pravibhaktam anekadha, apashyad deva-devasya sharire pandavas tada

Then Arjuna saw in the body of the God of gods, the entire universe resting in one place, divided into its many parts.

•The entire creation is held within the divine
•Unity in diversity is revealed in God's form
•All differentiation is contained in the one

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Chapter 13 • Verse 31 →The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field

Yada bhuta-prithag-bhavam eka-stham anupashyati, tata eva cha vistaram brahma sampadyate tada

When a person perceives the diverse variety of beings as resting in the One and as an expansion from that One alone, that person attains Brahman. The multiplicity of creation is grounded in a single reality — seeing this unity is itself enlightenment.

•All diversity of beings rests in One reality
•Perceiving unity in diversity is Brahman realization
•The expansion of creation comes from a single source

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Chapter 18 • Verse 20 →The Yoga of Liberation and Renunciation

Sarva-bhūteṣhu yenaikaṁ bhāvam avyayam īkṣhate, avibhaktaṁ vibhakteṣhu taj jñānaṁ viddhi sāttvikam

That knowledge by which one sees the imperishable reality in all beings, undivided in the divided—know that knowledge to be of the nature of goodness.

•Sattvic knowledge sees unity
•One reality in all beings
•Undivided amid division

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