# Brahman [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (12), [[bg/11/39|Bg. 11.39]], [[bg/18/78|Bg. 18.78]] (5), [[sb/1/9/39#purport|SB 1.9.39]], [[sb/1/18/23#purport|SB 1.18.23]] * “opposite of matter,”, 2.72 * *oṁ *identical with, [[bg/8/11|Bg. 8.11]], [[bg/8/13|Bg. 8.13]] * all are, 5 * as *vijñāna-brahma *& *ānanda-brahma*, [[bg/13/13|Bg. 13.13]] * as aspect of Absolute, [[sb/1/1/2#purport|SB 1.1.2]], [[sb/1/2/11#purport|SB 1.2.11]], [[sb/1/2/11#purport|SB 1.2.11]], [[sb/1/3/39#purport|SB 1.3.39]], [[sb/1/7/4#purport|SB 1.7.4]] * as basis of material world, SB Intro 2 * as cause of all causes, SB Intro 23 * as center of spiritual & material worlds, [[bg/15/1|Bg. 15.1]] * as eternal & beginningless, [[bg/13/13|Bg. 13.13]] * as knowledge, [[bg/13/18|Bg. 13.18]] * as Lord’s effulgence, [[bg/4/35|Bg. 4.35]] * as negation of matter, SB Intro 22 * as Personality of Godhead, SB Intro 22, SB Intro 23, SB Intro 36, [[sb/1/2/12#purport|SB 1.2.12]], [[sb/1/3/1#purport|SB 1.3.1]], [[sb/1/3/35#purport|SB 1.3.35]], [[sb/1/5/32#purport|SB 1.5.32]] * as platform of pure devotees, [[bg/7/29|Bg. 7.29]] * as subordinate to Lord, 12, [[bg/7/10|Bg. 7.10]], [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (12), [[bg/13/13|Bg. 13.13]], [[bg/14/27|Bg. 14.27]] * as transcendental, [[sb/4/30/31#purport|SB 4.30.31]] * attainment of, 23, [[bg/14/26|Bg. 14.26]], [[bg/18/50|Bg. 18.50]] * basis of, Lord as, [[sb/1/2/11-12#purport|SB 1.2.11-12]], [[sb/1/3/1#purport|SB 1.3.1]], [[sb/1/7/4#purport|SB 1.7.4]] * beyond modes of nature, [[sb/1/15/47-48#purport|SB 1.15.47-48]] * bliss in, [[sb/1/5/8#purport|SB 1.5.8]] * brāhmaṇa knows, [[sb/4/21/12#purport|SB 4.21.12]] * compared * to root of banyan tree, [[bg/15/1|Bg. 15.1]] * to sun’s rays, 12 * with Parabrahman, [[bg/7/10|Bg. 7.10]], [[bg/8/3|Bg. 8.3]], [[bg/8/3|Bg. 8.3]] * with Paramātmā & Bhagavān, [[bg/2/2|Bg. 2.2]] (1–2) * with Supreme Brahman, 5 * compared to sun’s rays, [[sb/1/2/11#purport|SB 1.2.11]] * conception of life, [[bg/7/29|Bg. 7.29]] * constitutional qualities of, [[bg/14/27|Bg. 14.27]] * defined, SB Intro 36 * devotees on level of, [[sb/4/28/37#purport|SB 4.28.37]], [[sb/4/30/18#purport|SB 4.30.18]] * effulgence of, [[sb/4/30/5#purport|SB 4.30.5]], [[sb/4/31/15#purport|SB 4.31.15]] * elevation from, [[bg/14/27|Bg. 14.27]] * empiricists aspire to, [[sb/1/18/50#purport|SB 1.18.50]] * energies of, three, SB Intro 23 * falldown from, [[bg/14/27|Bg. 14.27]], [[sb/4/22/21#purport|SB 4.22.21]], [[sb/4/22/35#purport|SB 4.22.35]] * impersonalists &, [[bg/4/25|Bg. 4.25]], [[bg/10/2|Bg. 10.2]], [[bg/12/1|Bg. 12.1]], [[bg/17/4|Bg. 17.4]] * impersonalists aspire to, [[sb/4/23/10#purport|SB 4.23.10]] * impersonalists cited on, [[sb/4/22/38#purport|SB 4.22.38]] * impregnation of, [[bg/14/3|Bg. 14.3]] * individuality maintained on platform of, [[bg/14/26|Bg. 14.26]] * inquiring about, [[sb/4/22/21#purport|SB 4.22.21]] * jñānīs aspire to, [[sb/4/29/28#purport|SB 4.29.28]] * Kṛṣṇa * basis of, [[bg/7/10|Bg. 7.10]], [[bg/14/27|Bg. 14.27]] * superior to, 12, [[bg/2/12|Bg. 2.12]], [[bg/7/10|Bg. 7.10]], [[bg/7/15|Bg. 7.15]] (12), [[bg/13/13|Bg. 13.13]], [[bg/14/27|Bg. 14.27]] * living beings never impersonal as, [[sb/1/7/5#purport|SB 1.7.5]] * living entities as, 5, [[bg/8/1|Bg. 8.1]], [[bg/8/3|Bg. 8.3]], [[bg/13/13|Bg. 13.13]] * living entity as, [[sb/4/29/35#purport|SB 4.29.35]] * Lord as basis of, [[sb/1/15/6#purport|SB 1.15.6]], [[sb/1/17/19#purport|SB 1.17.19]] * Lord Kṛṣṇa as basis of, [[sb/4/24/28#purport|SB 4.24.28]], [[sb/4/24/60-60#purport|SB 4.24.60-60]] * Lord transcendental to, [[sb/4/30/31#purport|SB 4.30.31]] * Lord’s feature as, [[sb/4/30/7#purport|SB 4.30.7]], [[sb/4/30/30#purport|SB 4.30.30]], [[sb/4/30/31#purport|SB 4.30.31]] * mahad brahma, [[bg/14/3|Bg. 14.3]] * meditation on, [[bg/12/1|Bg. 12.1]] * merging with, [[sb/4/23/28#purport|SB 4.23.28]] * nature manifested from, [[bg/5/10|Bg. 5.10]] * personal & impersonal aspects of, [[sb/4/22/25#purport|SB 4.22.25]] * qualities absent in, [[sb/4/22/25#purport|SB 4.22.25]] * realization of. See: God realization * rise to & fall from, [[sb/4/23/11#purport|SB 4.23.11]] * sacrifice to, [[bg/4/25|Bg. 4.25]] * self as, [[sb/1/15/42#purport|SB 1.15.42]] * sound incarnation of, [[bg/10/35|Bg. 10.35]] * Vedānta-sūtra delineates, [[sb/1/5/4#purport|SB 1.5.4]] * worship to, compared with devotional service, [[bg/12/1–6|Bg. 12.1–6]] *See also:* [Brahmajyoti](entries/brahmajyoti.md); Brahman effulgence; Merging with Supreme; [Oneness](entries/oneness.md); Absolute Truth; Brahman realization; Supreme Lord *See:* God realization