Your intelligence is not clear
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 13 - 18
Lectures
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures
Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures
Conversations and Morning Walks
1975 Conversations and Morning Walks
Indian man: Ātmā is amara. So it is eternal, it has no death, no life, no.... It has got a birth, it has got a death that only are superfluous, say only for consolation. But actually it does not die. Body dies, or body destroyed, and that is (indistinct) or suffering. But, when I do something good or bad in this life, see, I am doing.
Prabhupāda: You are doing, and therefore you must suffer.
Indian man: But that is not ātmā. Why ātmā is...
Prabhupāda: ...do not know.
Indian man: (indistinct) ...even (indistinct) ātmā.
Girirāja: You are the ātmā.
Indian man: Not ātmā.
Prabhupāda: You do not understand that you are ātmā. Aham brahmasmi. That you do not understand. You think "I am body." That is nonsense.
Indian man: That point is not clear.
Prabhupāda: Why not clear? That means your intelligence is not clear.
Indian man: (spluttering) ...naturally, but listen what I say.
Prabhupāda: So, the ātmā, that is stated in the Bhāgavata, antavanta ime dehā nityasyoktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ [Bg. 2.18]. Nityasyoktāḥ, nityasyoktāḥ, śarīriṇaḥ. Śarīriṇaḥ means the soul who possesses this body, he is nitya. So, you have to enjoy or suffer the reaction of your activities. Karmaṇā daiva-netreṇa [SB 3.31.1]. You have got a type of body on account of your activities.Page Title: | Your intelligence is not clear |
Compiler: | Laksmipriya |
Created: | 20 of Dec, 2008 |
Totals by Section: | BG=1, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=2, Con=1, Let=0 |
No. of Quotes: | 4 |