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That is meditation: "Where I am? What I am?" So you cannot search out by your material . . . that . . . therefore all these universities, they are setting aside - very difficult subject

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Asmin dehe, in this body, there is a proprietor of this body. Just like I am proprietor of my body, you are proprietor of your body. I say "my hand." I don't say: "I hand." It is my hand. So I am different from this hand. Just like say: "It is my book", so book is different from me. "It is my table." Similarly, "my hand," "my eyes," "my leg," "my this," "my that." But where I am? Search out. That is meditation: "Where I am? What I am?" So you cannot search out by your material . . . that . . . therefore all these universities, they are setting aside—very difficult subject. They are very much proud by creating a horseless carriage. That's all.

That is . . . that was taught by Kṛṣṇa in the beginning of Bhagavad-gītā. Arjuna was talking as a friend, replying Him as a friend. Of course, he was . . . whatever he was talking, that was right, but that was right to a certain point. Beyond that point, there are other subject matter of knowledge, which is called adhokṣaja, where our direct perception of material knowledge fails to approach. Just like we cannot see. There are so many microscope, powerful microscope. But find out within this body where is the soul. No, there is no microscope. But soul is there. Soul is there. Bhagavad-gītā informs:

dehino 'smin yathā dehe
kaumāraṁ yauvanaṁ jarā
tathā dehāntaraṁ prāptir
dhīras tatra na muhyati
(BG 2.13)

Asmin dehe, in this body, there is a proprietor of this body. Just like I am proprietor of my body, you are proprietor of your body. I say "my hand." I don't say: "I hand." It is my hand. So I am different from this hand. Just like say: "It is my book", so book is different from me. "It is my table." Similarly, "my hand," "my eyes," "my leg," "my this," "my that." But where I am? Search out. That is meditation: "Where I am? What I am?"

So you cannot search out by your material . . . that . . . therefore all these universities, they are setting aside—very difficult subject. They are very much proud by creating a horseless carriage. That's all. Formerly horses were drawing carriages, now there is motorcar. So they are very much proud: "We have invented horseless carriage." Or wingless bird. There is wing, imitation wing of the aeroplane. But you invent that a soul-less body, then there is credit.

Page Title:That is meditation: "Where I am? What I am?" So you cannot search out by your material . . . that . . . therefore all these universities, they are setting aside - very difficult subject
Compiler:Soham
Created:2023-01-05, 06:22:27
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1