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The living spirit is eternal, the Lord is eternal, and their exchange of feelings, or loving feelings, that is also eternal

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"The living spirit is eternal, the Lord is eternal, and their exchange of feelings, or loving feelings, that is also eternal"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

There is pleasure. What sort of pleasure that is? That pleasure is ananta. Ananta means endless. Endless. Yoginaḥ. Yoginaḥ. Ramante yoginaḥ anante. Anante means that pleasure is not ended. That pleasure, why it is not ended? Because spirit is eternal and the Supreme Lord is eternal, therefore reciprocation of their loving exchanges, they are eternal. They are eternal. The living spirit is eternal, the Lord is eternal, and their exchange of feelings, or loving feelings, that is also eternal.

Just like the other day I explained the happiness of the yogī. Ramante yoginaḥ anante satyānande cid-ātmani (CC Madhya 9.29). Ramante yoginaḥ anante. The yogī, those who are transcendentalist aspiring after spiritual life, they are called yogī: bhakti-yogī, jñāna-yogī, dhyāna-yogī. There are so many departments of yogī. Now, they also enjoy. The whole process is to concentrate upon the viṣṇu-mūrti, Viṣṇu form, within the heart. And unless there is pleasure—there is no enjoyment—what is the use of controlling the senses and focusing the mind on the Supreme Supersoul within the heart?

There is pleasure. What sort of pleasure that is? That pleasure is ananta. Ananta means endless. Endless. Yoginaḥ. Yoginaḥ. Ramante yoginaḥ anante. Anante means that pleasure is not ended. That pleasure, why it is not ended? Because spirit is eternal and the Supreme Lord is eternal, therefore reciprocation of their loving exchanges, they are eternal. They are eternal. The living spirit is eternal, the Lord is eternal, and their exchange of feelings, or loving feelings, that is also eternal.

So one who is intelligent, they should refrain from this sensual enjoyment of this material body, which is flickering, which is not in essence, and should seek such enjoyment of spiritual life. That is called rāsa-līlā. You have heard about Lord Kṛṣṇa's rāsa-līlā. That is not ordinary exchange of feelings of this material body. That is exchange of feelings of the spiritual body. So sukham ātyantikaṁ yat tad buddhi-grāhyam (BG 6.21).

One has to use his intelligence to understand what is real happiness. Foolish man cannot understand what is real happiness.

Page Title:The living spirit is eternal, the Lord is eternal, and their exchange of feelings, or loving feelings, that is also eternal
Compiler:Soham
Created:2022-12-31, 23:38:55
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1