Your Perfect Body: Eternal Spiritual Existence

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We continue our commentary on the Second Chapter of Bhagavad-gita, explaining the eternal nature of the soul. Because these comments are extemporaneous, they are only included in the podcast. If you are reading the blog, please download the podcast to get the complete material.

O Pärtha, how can a person who knows that the soul is indestructible, unborn, eternal and immutable, kill anyone or cause anyone to kill? [Bhagavad-gita 2.21]

As a person puts on new garments, giving up old ones, similarly, the soul accepts new material bodies, giving up the old and useless ones. [Bhagavad-gita 2.22]

The soul can never be cut into pieces by any weapon, nor can he be burned by fire, nor moistened by water, nor withered by the wind. [Bhagavad-gita 2.23]

This individual soul is unbreakable and insoluble, and can be neither burned nor dried. He is everlasting, all-pervading, unchangeable, immovable and eternally the same. [Bhagavad-gita 2.24]

Discussion Topics

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If the soul is immortal and indestructible, why do we have religious and moral codes that prohibit killing?

How do we tell the difference between qualities of the material body and mind, and qualities of the soul?

Have you ever had a spiritual experience? Tell us about it.

If the soul is completely different from the material body, then what spiritual value is there in practices like hatha-yoga?

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