The Spiritual Import of the Mahabharata and the Bhagavadgita- 8.5 - Swami Krishnananda.
========================================================================= Sunday, 29 Oct 2023. 05:30. Chapter 8: In Harmony with the Whole Universe - 5. ======================================================================== Now, we do not know how God is related to this world. Is God outside the world, or is God inside the world? If He is outside the world, what is the connection between Him and the world? Is there a gap of emptiness between the world and God? If so, then He cannot be regarded as omnipresent, all-pervading; He is only somewhere, like a large personality. To remove all these misconceptions at one stroke the Teacher of the Bhagavadgita says: Mattah parataram nanyat kincid asti dhananjaya—“Nothing outside Me can exist. So don't argue glibly that the world is outside Me.” This answer is not a final answer; it is a tentative answer, but a very important answer. The final answer comes later on in another chapter; it has not come yet. To remove the doubt at the very out