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God Within, Empty

        Chase Without




       SWAMI CHINMAYANANDA


         n the last few verses, we saw how the Lord tries to throw
       Ilight upon the sacred ‘relationless-relationship’ between the
        actionless Self and the active not-Self, using diverse analogies.

        The Cosmic President
        He continues: “O Kaunteya, this entire jagat is moving on only
        because of My vibrant presence –  mayädhyakñeëa prakåtiù süyate
        sacaräcaram, hetunänena kaunteya jagad-viparivartate. 1

          Consider the example of the President. Even though he seems
        to  have no  power  over  what  is  happening  in  a  meeting,  one
        thing is certain: the moment he gets up and goes behind the

        1 Bhagavad Gita, 9.10





















          This talk has been transcribed and edited from a rare series of discourses on
          Chapter 9 of the Bhagavad Gita given by Pujya Gurudev at Sidhbari, India, in 1986.
          This can be viewed on Chinmaya Channel, YouTube.

        Tapovan Prasad                 8                   November 2025
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