Single Idea 7995

[catalogued under 15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / a. Consciousness]

Full Idea

In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna.

Gist of Idea

In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna

Source

Anon (Bhag) (The Bhagavad Gita [c.500 BCE], 10.22)

Book Reference

'The Bhagavad Gita', ed/tr. Mascaro,Juan [Penguin 1962], p.86


A Reaction

Everything grand seems to be claimed for God at this stage of culture, but I am not sure how coherent this view is, unless this is pantheism. In what sense could we possibly be Krishna, when none of us (except Arjuna) is aware of it?