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One who is beyond the conception of bodies, he has no obligation of these material things. Just like there are many sadhus, they simply remain naked body. Even in severe cold. They are practiced

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"One who is beyond the conception of body, he has no obligation of these material things. Just like there are many sādhus, they simply remain naked body, even in severe cold. They are practiced"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1974 Conversations and Morning Walks

Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, deha-smṛti nāhi yāra, saṁsāra bandhana kāhāṅ tāra. One who is beyond the conception of body, he has no obligation of these material things. Just like there are many sādhus, they simply remain naked body, even in severe cold. They are practiced.

Dr. Patel: This kitchen behind is too small, hotel, they . . .

Prabhupāda: No. We can make a big kitchen; we have got enough room.

Dr. Patel: I told them, maybe away we must have a small room attached to it where these boys can take . . . (break) (Hindi) (break)

Prabhupāda: . . . but I am not this body.

Dr. Patel: That's right. So the mosquitoes also have no body.

Prabhupāda: They tolerate. Actually, they tolerate because they factually think that, "I am not this body. Let the mosquito bite my body."

Dr. Patel: (laughs) So mosquitoes also have no body.

Prabhupāda: Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura says, deha-smṛti nāhi yāra, saṁsāra bandhana kāhāṅ tāra. One who is beyond the conception of body, he has no obligation of these material things. Just like there are many sādhus, they simply remain naked body, even in severe cold. They are practiced.

Dr. Patel: They have reached that avadhūta-veṣa.

Prabhupāda: So this is also avadhūta-veṣa.

Dr. Patel: But that stage you must reach.

Prabhupāda: No, somehow or other, they have gone to some extent, "Never mind the mosquito. Let bite. I am not this body."

Dr. Patel: (laughs) It's like you have hypnotized them.

Prabhupāda: No, actually they are doing. Although we see that from bodily point of view they have become weak, but they don't care for it. They . . . you see. If they had been weak, how they are chanting and dancing saṅkīrtana? They are not weak at all. (Hindi) (break) "Now let me dance. Then I shall jump over your head." (Dr. Patel laughs) This is philosophy. "Now I am dāsa, then I become your master."

Page Title:One who is beyond the conception of bodies, he has no obligation of these material things. Just like there are many sadhus, they simply remain naked body. Even in severe cold. They are practiced
Compiler:Anurag
Created:2022-10-10, 15:01:38
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