Real knowledge lies in humility, non-violence, tolerance,
simplicity, self-control and steadfastness, perception of birth, death, old age
and disease, non-attachment to children, the family and home, and peace of mind
in favorable and unfavorable circumstances, meditation in solitude and
understanding of the Self, the Atman, the God. This is the real knowledge and
anything contrary to it is ignorance.
Brahman (God) is beyond cause and effect, from whom all life
emerges. He is devoid of all senses, yet shines through them. He is inside and
outside all beings, and though faraway is very near. God has form and is also
formless. He resides in every heart.
Nature is the cause of all material activities and effects
and Spirit is the cause of the experience of all sufferings and enjoyments
through the physical body.
God is the only reality as it abides in all beings. He does
not perish when they perish. He who sees God abiding alike everywhere and does
not kill this self by the Self, reaches the supreme state.
He who perceives that the diverse existence of all beings is
centered in One and that all evolution is from that One alone attains Brahman.
Bhagavad Gita Chapter 13