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As soon as you decide that you are not this body, you are transcendental to this body, then you have to understand what is the transcendental nature and what is your business, what you should do. These things will come

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"as soon as you decide that you are not this body, you are transcendental to this body, then you have to understand what is the transcendental nature and what is your business, what you should do. These things will come"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1975 Conversations and Morning Walks

As soon as you decide that you are not this body, you are transcendental to this body, then you have to understand what is the transcendental nature and what is your business, what you should do. These things will come. At the present moment, because I identify me with this body, I am simply busy with this bodily concept of life. So as soon as you understand that it . . . it is . . . "I am not this body," that is called brahma-bhūtaḥ stage, ahaṁ brahmāsmi, "I am Brahman." That is the beginning of real knowledge.

Hṛdayānanda: (translating) He's saying: "Because he's not the . . . he says I'm not this body, therefore it doesn't matter if I'm the owner of this body or not."

Prabhupāda: No, then you have to . . . as soon as you decide that you are not this body, you are transcendental to this body, then you have to understand what is the transcendental nature and what is your business, what you should do. These things will come. At the present moment, because I identify me with this body, I am simply busy with this bodily concept of life. So as soon as you understand that it . . . it is . . . "I am not this body," that is called brahma-bhūtaḥ stage, ahaṁ brahmāsmi, "I am Brahman." That is the beginning of real knowledge.

Professor: (Spanish) That's the reason, because I don't care what happens to this body, not because there is a difference between dog and man or anything.

Prabhupāda: No, even if you care, no, no even if you care, who cares for you? It will go by nature's way.

Professor: Right.

Page Title:As soon as you decide that you are not this body, you are transcendental to this body, then you have to understand what is the transcendental nature and what is your business, what you should do. These things will come
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