Bhagavad Gita 2.18: The material body of the indestructible, immeasurable and eternal living entity is sure to come to an end. The material body is perishable by nature. It may perish immediately, or it may do so after a hundred years. It is a question of time only. There is no chance of maintaining it indefinitely. But the spirit soul is so minute that it cannot even be seen by an enemy, to say nothing of being killed. It is so small that no one can have any idea how to measure its dimension. So from both viewpoints there is no cause of lamentation, grief, because the living entity, soul as he is cannot be killed nor can the material body be saved for any length of time or permanently protected. In the Vedānta-sūtras the living entity is described as light because he is part and parcel of the supreme light. As sunlight maintains the entire universe, so the light of the soul maintains this material body. As soon as the spirit soul is out of this material body, the body begins to decompose; therefore it is the spirit soul which maintains this body. The body itself is unimportant. The spirit soul, minute particle of the whole spirit, Supreme GOD acquires this material body according to his work, and therefore one should follow, observe religious principles. Krishna is advising us to perform our duty and not sacrifice the cause of religion for material, bodily considerations. it is completely improper to give up ones own duty sva-dharma which is prescribed in shāstra, Vedic scriptures for sake of comfort of material body. Everyones body must perish, for no material body has true existence. Fearing for the death is ignorance. The soul, the real person within the body, is indestructible. https://youtube/watch?v=O82zo9Wte28&list=PLFB8588ABC6F0CFBB
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 09:13:02 +0000
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