As soon as the soul leaves the body

Expressions researched:
"soul leaves" |"soul is out"

Bhagavad-gita As It Is

BG Chapters 1 - 6

BG 2.18, Purport: 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.

SB 4.4.25, Purport: As soon as the spirit soul is out of the body, the material body immediately begins to decompose. Any spiritual process keeps the body fit without separate endeavor, but if one takes it that the ultimate aim of yoga is to maintain the body, then he is mistaken.

SB 4.22.31, Purport: Without the soul, a body cannot move. That is the difference between a living body and a dead body. When the soul is out of the body, the body is called dead.

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Lecture on BG 2.11 -- London, August 17, 1973: Earth, water, fire, air, sky—these five gross elements are the ingredients of this body. So as soon as the soul is out of this body, this body again... Conservation of the energy. The earthly energy goes to the earth, the waterly energy goes to the water. It is a combination of earth. water, air, fire. So they become decomposed.

Lecture on BG 2.11 -- Mauritius, October 1, 1975: What is this body? It is simply lump of matter. As soon as the soul is out of this body, what is the value of this lump of matter? It will be thrown in the street, and somebody will kick on the face. Nobody will care.