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“Only the material body of the indestructible, immeasurable, and eternal living entity is subject to destruction; therefore, fight, O descendant …

Śrī Kṛṣṇa therefore encourages us to transcend the bodily conception of existence and attain to our actual spiritual life.

guṇān etān atītya trīn dehī deha-samudbhavān janma-mṛtyu jarā-duḥkhair vimukto ’mṛtam aśnute

“When the embodied being is able to transcend these three modes [goodness, passion, and ignorance], he can become free from …

To establish ourselves on the pure brahma-bhūta spiritual platform, above the three modes, we must take up the method of …

dehī nityam avadhyo ’yaṁ dehe sarvasya bhārata tasmāt sarvāṇi bhūtāni na tvaṁ śocitum arhasi

“O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need …

The very first step in self-realization is realizing one’s identity as separate from the body. “I am not this body …

Living in the bodily conception, our idea of happiness is like that of a man in delirium. Some philosophers claim …

Consciousness cannot be denied. A body without consciousness is a dead body. As soon as consciousness is removed from the …

The impersonalist followers of Śaṅkarācārya, as well as the Vaiṣṇavas following in the disciplic succession from Lord Śrī Kṛṣṇa, acknowledge …

Because we cannot perceive the soul by our gross senses, we deny it. Actually there are so many things that …

In the Bhagavad-gītā Śrī Kṛṣṇa points out that all of our miseries are due to false identification with the body.

mātrā-sparśās tu kaunteya śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ āgamāpāyino ’nityās tāṁs titikṣasva bhārata

“O son of Kuntī, the nonpermanent appearance of heat and cold, happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, …

In the summertime we may feel pleasure from contact with water, but in the winter we may shun that very …

All feelings of distress and happiness are due to the body. Under certain conditions the body and mind feel happiness …

The atomic soul, although so small, is moving the entire body to act in so many wonderful ways. In the …

At present we are trying to attain eternity, bliss, and knowledge by means of an imperfect instrument. Actually, our progress …

The body is composed of senses, and the senses are always hungry after their objects. The eyes see a beautiful …