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TEXT 25 dhyanenatmani pasyanti
SYNONYMS  dhyanena--by
meditation; atmani--self; pasyanti--see; kecit--one;
atmanam--Supersoul; atmana--by the mind; anye--others;
sankhyena--by philosophical discussion; yogena--by the yoga
system; karma-yogena--by activities without fruitive desire; ca--also;
apare--others.
TRANSLATION That Supersoul
is perceived by some through meditation, by some through the cultivation
of knowledge, and by others through working without fruitive desire.
PURPORT The Lord informs
Arjuna that the conditioned souls can be divided into two classes as far
as man's search for self-realization is concerned. Those who are atheists,
agnostics and skeptics are beyond the sense of spiritual understanding.
But there are others who are faithful in their understanding of spiritual
life, and they are called workers who have renounced fruitive results.
Those who always try to establish the doctrine of monism are also counted
among the atheists and agnostics. In other words, only the devotees of
the Supreme Personality of Godhead are really capable of spiritual understanding
because they understand that beyond this material nature there is the spiritual
world and the Supreme Personality of Godhead who is expanded as the Paramatma,
the Supersoul in everyone, the all-pervading Godhead. Of course there are
those who try to understand the Supreme Absolute Truth by cultivation of
knowledge, and they can be counted in the second class. The atheistic philosophers
analyze this material world into twenty-four elements, and they place the
individual soul as the twenty-fifth item. When they are able to understand
the nature of the individual soul to be transcendental to the material
elements, they are able to understand also that above the individual soul
there is the Supreme Personality of Godhead. He is the twenty-sixth element.
Thus gradually they also come to the standard of devotional service in
Krsna consciousness. Those who work without fruitive results are also perfect
in their attitude. They are given a chance to advance to the platform of
devotional service in Krsna consciousness. Here it is stated that there
are some people who are pure in consciousness and who try to find out the
Supersoul by meditation, and when they discover the Supersoul within themselves,
they become transcendentally situated. Similarly, there are others who
also try to understand the Supreme Soul by cultivation of knowledge, and
there are others who cultivate the hatha-yoga system and who try
to satisfy the Supreme Personality of Godhead by childish activities.
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