𝗝𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗧𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻: 𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱
God knows everything. He is everywhere. He is beyond change, creation, destruction, time, and causation. He is eternal. A staunch devotee, such as Prahlada, sees Him everywhere. God also does not disappear from the mind of such a person.
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𝗝𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗱𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗿𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗮𝗱 𝗕𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶 𝗧𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗮𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻: 𝗔 𝗖𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗻, 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗚𝗼𝗱
God knows everything. He is everywhere. He is beyond change, creation, destruction, time, and causation. He is eternal. A staunch devotee, such as Prahlada, sees Him everywhere. God also does not disappear from the mind of such a person. Bhagavan says in the Gita:
यो मां पश्यति सर्वत्र सर्वं च मयि पश्यति ।
तस्याहं न प्रणश्यामि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥
yo mām paśayati sarvatra sarvam ca mayi paśyati | tasyāham na praņaśyāmi sa ca me na pranaśyati ||
But nowadays some people ask: "If God is everywhere, why is His glory not reflected in every place?"
Sri Shankara Bhagavatpadacharya replies:
सदा सर्वगतोऽप्यात्मा न सर्वत्रावभासते । बुद्धावेवावभासते स्वच्छेषु प्रतिबिम्बवत् ॥
sadā sarvagatopyātmā na sarvatrāvabhāsate | buddhāvevāvabhāsate svaccheșu pratibimbavat ||
Though God is omnipresent, His grace is experienced only by a pure intellect. A 'pure' intellect is that in which all Vasanas (past tendencies and impressions) have dissipated and desires have vanished. The person's mind is rendered clear, consequent upon the Guru's Upadesha (instruction). Only such a person can benefit by the grace of God.
For example, a person can see the reflection of his face only in a mirror, and not in wood or a wall. The reflection also will be in proportion to how clean and clear the mirror is. Paramatma is likewise. His presence and grace will be commensurate with the degree of calmness of the mind of a person.
यथा हि श्लोके तुल्येऽपि मुखसंस्थाने न काष्ठकुड्यादौ मुखं आविर्भवति, आदर्शादौ तु स्वच्छे स्वच्छतरे च तारतम्येन आविर्भवति ; तद्वत् || yathā hi śloke tulye'pi mukhasamsthāne na kāşthakudyādau mukham āvirbhavati, ādarśādau tu svacche svacchatare ca täratamyena āvirbhavati: tadvat ||
May everyone understand this well, purify their minds through Sadhana (spiritual practice) and progress towards Self-realisation. sringeri.net
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