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Self-luminous

2 verses from the Bhagavad Gita on self-luminous. Explore teachings across 2 chapters.

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Chapter 13 • Verse 18 →The Yoga of the Field and the Knower of the Field
Jyotisham api taj jyotis tamasah param ucyate, jnanam jneyam jnana-gamyam hridi sarvasya vishthitam

That Brahman is the light of all lights and is said to be beyond darkness. It is knowledge, the object of knowledge, and the goal of knowledge. It is situated in the hearts of all. Brahman is the self-luminous reality that illumines all existence.

  • •Brahman is the source of all light and consciousness
  • •It transcends darkness and ignorance completely
  • •The Divine dwells as witness in the hearts of all beings
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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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