Saturday, June 8, 2024

Gita reflection Ch 7 verses 7 & 8

 8th June 2024


  • The Hindu tradition involves offering flower garlands to the gods in temples as well as to those we revere, admire, or respect. Often, we overlook the fact that the flowers are strung together with unseen thread.
  • Similarly, when we observe the world around us, we tend to overlook the single thread of life that connects all living beings, including plants, animals, and humans. 
  • Lord Krishna declares that He is the unseen life that runs through all of them, much like the string that connects all the pearls in a garland.
  • Lord Krishna states, "There is nothing higher than Me, and I am the same in all as the unique essence of everything."
  • He further explains, "I am the taste in the water, the brilliant light of the sun and the moon, the sound in space, and Om in all the Vedas!"


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