(N.B. Statements marked with an asterisk* are important in the Gita.)
*(1)
Brahman is self (atman) and consciousness (i.e., everyone is Brahman).
*(2)
Brahman is world ground.
*(3)
Brahman is transcendent of "names and forms," i.e., transcendent of
finite individuality.
*(4)
Brahman is unitary, the coincidence of opposites, and
omnipresent.
(5) Brahman has "non-dual" (advaita) self-awareness.
(6) Brahman is the essence or finest part of everything.
*(7)
Brahman is the locus of value, with awareness of Brahman as the
"supreme personal good" and "liberation" from fear and evil.
*(8)
Brahman is mystically discoverable.
(9) Brahman is beyond the power of thought.
**(10)
Brahman is the creator and inner controller of all things.
(In the Gita, Brahman manifests the universe by a process of "sacrifice.")