Consciousness is not
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"consciousness is not"
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
BG Chapters 1 - 6
Consciousness is not due to any amount of material combination, but to the spirit soul.
BG 2.17, Purport: ny layman can understand that the material body minus consciousness is a dead body, and this consciousness cannot be revived in the body by any means of material administration. Therefore, consciousness is not due to any amount of material combination, but to the spirit soul. In the Muṇḍaka Upaniṣad (3.1.9) the measurement of the atomic spirit soul is further explained:
- eṣo 'ṇur ātmā cetasā veditavyo
- yasmin prāṇaḥ pañcadhā saṁviveśa
- prāṇaiś cittaṁ sarvam otaṁ prajānāṁ
- yasmin viśuddhe vibhavaty eṣa ātmā
"The soul is atomic in size and can be perceived by perfect intelligence. This atomic soul is floating in the five kinds of air (prāṇa, apāna, vyāna, samāna and udāna), is situated within the heart, and spreads its influence all over the body of the embodied living entities. When the soul is purified from the contamination of the five kinds of material air, its spiritual influence is exhibited."
| Page Title: | Consciousness is not |
| Compiler: | Visnu Murti, Sureshwardas |
| Created: | 01 of Dec, 2008 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=2, SB=3, CC=1, OB=0, Lec=14, Con=18, Let=18 |
| No. of Quotes: | 56 |