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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.

It is said that the soul is invisible, inconceivable, immutable, and unchangeable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body. [Bhagavad-gita 2.25]

If, however, you think that the soul is perpetually born and always dies, still you have no reason to lament, O mighty-armed. [Bhagavad-gita 2.26]

All created beings are unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated. So what need is there for lamentation? [Bhagavad-gita 2.27]

Some look on the soul as amazing, some describe him as amazing, and some hear of him as amazing, while others, even after hearing about him, cannot understand him at all. [Bhagavad-gita 2.28]

O descendant of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any creature. [Bhagavad-gita 2.29]

Discussion Topics

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• Why should having knowledge of the soul cause us not to grieve for the body?
• What kind of philosophers think that the soul is born and dies with the body?
• Can anyone stop the cycle of manifestation, where beings are “unmanifest in their beginning, manifest in their interim state, and unmanifest again when they are annihilated.”?
• Why is ti difficult for some people to understand the soul?
• Why does the fact that the soul is eternal mean that one “should not grieve for any creature”?

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