Building upon many years of privately shared thoughts on the real benefits of Stoic Philosophy, Liam Milburn eventually published a selection of Stoic passages that had helped him to live well. They were accompanied by some of his own personal reflections. This blog hopes to continue his mission of encouraging the wisdom of Stoicism in the exercise of everyday life. All the reflections are taken from his notes, from late 1992 to early 2017.
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Friday, December 31, 2021
Wisdom from the Bhagavad Gita 41
Sanjaya said:
9. Having thus spoken, O King, Hari, the Great Lord of Yoga, showed unto the son of Prithâ, His Supreme Ishvara-Form—
10. With numerous mouths and eyes, with numerous wondrous sights, with numerous celestial ornaments, with numerous celestial weapons uplifted;
11. Wearing celestial garlands and apparel, anointed with celestial-scented unguents, the All-wonderful, Resplendent, Boundless and All-formed.
12. If the splendor of a thousand suns were to rise up at once in the sky, that would be like the splendor of that Mighty Being.
13. There in the body of the God of gods, the son of Pându then saw the whole Universe resting in one, with its manifold divisions.
14. Then Dhananjaya, filled with wonder, with his hair standing on end, bending down his head to the Deva in adoration, spoke with joined palms.
Arjuna said:
15. I see all the Devas, O Deva, in Your body, and hosts of all grades of beings; Brahma, the Lord, seated on the lotus, and all the Rishis and celestial serpents.
16. I see You of boundless form on every side with manifold arms, stomachs, mouths and eyes; neither the end nor the middle, nor also the beginning of You do I see, O Lord of the Universe, O Universal Form.
17. I see You with diadem, club, and discus; a mass of radiance shining everywhere, very hard to look at, all around blazing like burning fire and sun, and immeasurable.
18. You are the Imperishable, the Supreme Being, the one thing to be known. You are the great Refuge of this Universe;. You are the undying Guardian of the Eternal Dharma, You are the Ancient. Purusha, I ween.
19. I see You without beginning, middle or end, infinite in power, of manifold arms; the sun and the moon Your eyes, the burning fire Your mouth; heating the whole Universe with Your radiance.
20. The space between heaven and earth and all the quarters are filled by You alone; having seen this, Your marvelous and awful Form, the three worlds are trembling with fear, O Great-souled One.
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