A man on a camel passing the sage Zardalu shouted at the
sight of such a humble one who was believed by
his followers to a great teacher:
'If the Teaching is designed to uplift man, why is it that
so many men can be found who are cast down?'
Zardalu answered, without raising his head:
' If it were not for the Teaching, man would not, I agree,
be cast down. He would be extinct.'
Thinkers of The East. Idries Shah. Penguin
Listen and I shall reveal to thee some
manifestations of my divine glory.
Only the greatest, Arjuna, for there is no end
to my infinite greatness.
I am the soul, prince victorious, which dwells
in the heart of all things. I am the beginning,
the middle and the end of all that lives.
Among the sons of light I am Vishnu,
and of luminaries, the radiant sun.
I am the Lord of the winds and storms,
and of the light in the night, I am the moon.
Of the Vedas, I am the Veda of songs,
and I am Indra, the chief of the gods.
Above man's senses I am the mind,
and in all living beings
I am the light of consciousness.
Bhagavad Gita