प्रकृति-पुरुष
Prakriti-Purusha
Matter and consciousness
📜Understanding Prakriti-Purusha
Prakriti and Purusha represent the two fundamental principles of existence: matter and consciousness, nature and spirit, the field and the knower of the field. Prakriti is everything that can be observed, from gross physical matter to the subtle workings of the mind. It is active, ever-changing, and operates through the three gunas. Purusha is pure consciousness, the eternal witness that observes all change while remaining unchanged itself.
🕉️Related Shlokas(15)
Gita 3.28
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 3
When you see that nature plays with nature, the illusion of personal doership dissolves into witnessing freedom.
Gita 3.33
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 3
Even the wise act according to their nature—brute suppression accomplishes nothing real.
Gita 7.4
→Bhagavad Gita • Chapter 7
Everything you see, touch, think, and feel as "I"—all eight layers of reality—are simply God playing at being matter.
📖Related Stories(15)
Mata Sahib Kaur - Mother of the Khalsa
→Sikh History
Mata Sahib Kaur, though never bearing biological children, became the Mother of the Khalsa. During the creation of Khalsa in 1699, she prepared the amrit by adding sugar puffs to the baptismal water. After Guru Gobind Singhs passing, she cared for the Panth. Her spiritual motherhood of all Khalsa Sikhs transcended biological bonds.
Matangi - The Outcaste Goddess
→Tantric Texts
Sage Matang, an outcaste chandala, worshipped Shakti devotedly. She blessed him with a divine daughter, but society rejected her due to his low status. Despite marginalization, she attained divine powers and became the ninth Mahavidya - proving spiritual equality.
💬Related Dialogues(15)
The Nature of Mind
→Rama & Vasishtha
The mind has no independent existence—it is merely a bundle of thoughts appearing in pure consciousness. Through self-inquiry, the mind dissolves into its source, revealing the eternal Self.
Bhusunda the Crow - Immortality
→Rama & Vasishtha
True immortality is not endless continuation of the body but recognition of oneself as the deathless awareness in which all cosmic cycles arise and dissolve. This recognition brings contentment beyond boredom, for every moment becomes fresh when there is no grasping ego.