Chapter 12 verse 3-4
“But those who worship the formless aspect of the Absolute Truth—the imperishable, the indefinable, the unmanifest, the all-pervading, the unthinkable, the unchanging, the eternal, and the immoveable—by restraining their senses and being even-minded everywhere, such persons, engaged in the welfare of all beings, also attain Me.”
Having indicated in the previous verse that it might be easier for the multitude of beings to pray to a personal form of the Divine, it is completely acceptable to meditate and pray to the formless version of the absolute Truth. It is said that veda vyasa called out 3 forms of divine- Brahman, Paramatma and Bhagwan. Brahman is the formless, imperishable, indefinable, unmanifest, unthinkable, unchanging, eternal and immovable aspect of the Universes which is the essence of all Vedas and Upanishads and is usually incomprehensible for the average human being. Paramatma is the recognition of a supreme soul different from our own individual souls and there is effort made to merge into paramatma through effort and devotion through countless lives. Finally Bhagwan is the personal form of divine which is highly relatable through deep devotion, love and feeling of closeness and friendship with the Lord rather than a distance from the Supreme Soul or Immutable Truth concept. “To each one their own” is sanatana dharma concept. It was also pointed out that the most suited form of Divine worship in kali yuga (present times) is devotion towards Bhagwan’s name and “nama smaranam”.
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