The Tree of Life : Srimad Bhagavad Gita : 1.7.
10/12/2018 The Tree of Life : Srimad Bhagavad Gita : 1.7 Chapter- 1: The Twofold Character of Cosmic Life-7. Post - 7. This is explained in the very first verse of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Gita. There is the expression of this tree into various branches. What are these branches? The knowledge that we seek, the intelligence that we have, the perceptions which give us satisfaction are the branches of this impulse for self-expression— chandamsi yasya parnani (B.G. 15.1). Chandamsi are various types of knowledge, natural as well as supernatural, and it is so because the tree spreads itself not merely in this world of physical experience, but also even in the heavens. Adhas cordhvam prasyatastasya sakha (B.G. 15.2): The branches of this tree spread themselves not merely here on Earth but also above in the heavens. Na tad asti prthivyam va divi deveshu va punah, sattvam prakrtijair muktam yad ebhih syat tribhir gunaih (B.G. 18.40): Not one thing anywhere, neithe...