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Transcendental truth

CHENNAI: The attempt to capture the Divine in words is not successful and inevitably falls short because of the limitations in human understanding and the inadequacy of words to express the transcendent. This difficulty arises because of the essential difference between what constitutes the Divine and the human. The essence of the Divine does not fall within the bounds of what is perceived as real, living or dead in human terms. Hence it cannot be captured and explained as easily as one could point to a cow and explain its nature.

The qualities and glory of the Supreme Being are awe inspiring and none can truly define God in words. One has to transcend words to understand the divine. That is why philosophical discussions adopt the stance by which the Divine is shown to be something beyond what is known to all, and seen as something that is neither this nor that, without using confirmatory definitions or descriptions that are in reality inadequate, pointed out Sri N. Veezhinathan in a lecture.

When Lord Krishna explains the truths relating to the material and the spiritual worlds to Arjuna, He is keen that every Jivatma tries to comprehend and reflect on them, for this is the only way one can overcome Samsara and attain salvation. All living creatures are led astray as soon as they are born by the delusion that the relative world is real. This delusion arises from their own desires and hatred. To clear this delusion, one has to understand and believe the truth that Lord Krishna is the ultimate controller, protector and refuge of all living entities. He is the source of all power, beauty, knowledge, opulence, fame and renunciation.

The Jivatma has to realise that the Lord alone is worthy of worship by virtue of His grandeur and glory and should be aware that it is the same Supreme Being who exists within each one of us as the inner self (Atma) and in all objects of creation as well. This awareness facilitates the practice of meditation on God that has to become an uninterrupted act.

Such meditation is strongly advocated, since the Lord affirms that one attains whatever one remembers at the end of one’s life.

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