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3. Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 12, Verse 5-7: Superficial-Easy vs. True Devotion | Dharma (Ethics) is God
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Chapter 12, Verse 5: Direct pursuit of formless Brahman is challenging for those identified with body-mind. Attempting to jump from personal subjectivity to absolute reality without proper preparation leads to superficial understanding. Claims like “I am awareness” or “it's about being, not doing” often come from ego-identification rather than true understanding. One must first resolve worldly accounts and emotional patterns through proper understanding of forms before recognizing the formless.
Chapter 12, Verses 6-7: True worship of Ishvara means recognizing the all-pervading intelligence and aligning with dharma (universal ethics). Ishvara isn't a “total mind” containing individual minds, but the knowledge-power making everything what it is. Dharma is innate but gets clouded by childhood distortions, personal complexes, societal expectations, and past samskaras. Following dharma while seeing it as Ishvara's order leads to liberation, unlike mere ethical behavior which can lead to feelings of being uncompensated or superior.
See notes for this episode at: https://www.YesVedanta.com/bg-ch12/
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