Bhagwat Gita Explained Chapter 8 : The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute | Full English

📖 Chapter 8 — Akshara Brahma Yoga, The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute

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Chapter 8 opens with Arjuna’s deepest questions — What is Brahman, the eternal truth? What is the Self? What is karma? And what happens to the soul at the time of death?
Krishna prepares to reveal the highest mysteries of life and death.

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Krishna explains Brahman as the imperishable reality, beyond time and change. The Self (Adhyatma) is the eternal soul, and karma is the action that binds the soul to the cycle of birth and death.

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The Lord reveals the secret of remembrance: At the moment of death, whatever one remembers, that state one attains after leaving the body. Thus, a life of remembrance leads to liberation at the final moment.

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Krishna describes the Supreme — omniscient, ancient, subtler than the subtlest, radiant like the sun, sustaining all creation. Fixing the mind and life-breath on this truth at death carries the soul to Him.

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The ancient yogis practiced this: meditating on Om, the sacred syllable, and leaving the body in awareness of the Divine. This path leads to the imperishable goal.

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Two paths are revealed: the bright path of light, leading to liberation; and the dark path of return, leading back to rebirth. The yogi chooses remembrance and freedom.

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Krishna explains the vast cycles of time — one day of Brahma spans millions of years, yet all beings return again and again. Only by surrendering to the Supreme can one transcend this endless cycle.

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Worldly gains, even heavenly pleasures, are temporary. Only devotion to Krishna leads to the eternal, beyond decay and rebirth.

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The Lord declares: Those who remember Me alone at all times, I personally deliver them from the ocean of birth and death. This is the ultimate promise of grace.

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Thus ends Chapter 8 — Akshara Brahma Yoga, The Yoga of the Imperishable Absolute.
It is the art of dying, which is truly the art of living — a reminder that remembrance, devotion, and meditation prepare the soul for its final journey into eternal freedom.

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