We cleanse external body, and internally by cleansing the intestine, the heart, the mind, the consciousness - that is internally cleansing

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"We cleanse external body, and internally by cleansing the intestine, the heart, the mind, the consciousness—that is internally cleansing"

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

There are two kinds of cleanliness. Outside, externally, we take bath by soap or by soda, or by oil. We cleanse external body, and internally by cleansing the intestine, the heart, the mind, the consciousness—that is internally cleansing. And external . . . Both cleansed, one must be. Bāhya abhyantara-śuciḥ. Yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bāhya abhyantara-śuciḥ. Because they are not śuci . . . Śuci means brāhmaṇas, always cleansed, hygienic. That is śuci. And muci. Muci means cobbler.

761215 - Lecture BG 16.07 - Hyderabad

There are two kinds of cleanliness. Outside, externally, we take bath by soap or by soda, or by oil. We cleanse external body, and internally by cleansing the intestine, the heart, the mind, the consciousness—that is internally cleansing. And external . . . Both cleansed, one must be. Bāhya abhyantara-śuciḥ. Yaḥ smaret puṇḍarīkākṣaṁ sa bāhya abhyantara-śuciḥ. Because they are not śuci . . . Śuci means brāhmaṇas, always cleansed, hygienic. That is śuci. And muci. Muci means cobbler. There is a class in India, cobbler. Their business is to take away the dead animals, especially cows. Other animals, they do not care; they are taken by the vultures and others. But when a cow is dead, that is very important. Cow is alive important and dead also important. It is so important. When the cow is dead the skin is valuable, the hoof is valuable, the horn is valuable, the bones are valuable. Everything is valuable. Just like elephant. Dead or alive, it is one lakh of rupees. The price is the same. That is the . . . Because elephant is very costly, everyone knows. You cannot . . . One lakh of rupees. Unless one is king or a big zamindar he cannot purchase elephant, neither he can keep. And if the elephant is dead, that is also one lakh of rupees, because it contains the ivory bones, very, very costly. So there are animals, either dead or alive, the price is the same. Similarly cow, dead or alive, the price is the same.