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What happens to the mind, intelligence and false ego when the soul is liberated?

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"what happens to the mind"

Lectures

Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

The spiritual life means as we become liberated, the mind also becomes liberated. The intelligence also becomes liberated.
Lecture on BG 7.4 -- Nairobi, October 31, 1975:

Devotee (1): Śrīla Prabhupāda? What happens to the mind, intelligence and false ego when the soul is liberated?

Prabhupāda: The soul has got its, his mind... What is this?

Indian man (2): Diwali festival.

Prabhupāda: Diwali. The soul is original consciousness. Soul has got his body, his mind, intelligence, everything. So this mind, material mind, is covered. As the soul is covered by the material things, similarly, the mind is also covered. So the spiritual life means as we become liberated, the mind also becomes liberated. The intelligence also becomes liberated. Any other question?

Indian man (3): When the soul leaves the body does it go with the intelligence and ego and...

Prabhupāda: This material covering, that forces him to get another body according to the mind desires. At the time of death the mind's desire—he gets the similar body. Yaṁ yaṁ vāpi smaran bhāvaṁ tyajaty ante kalevaram (BG 8.6). Therefore we have to practice how to remember Kṛṣṇa at the time of death. Then immediately we are transferred to the spiritual world.

Page Title:What happens to the mind, intelligence and false ego when the soul is liberated?
Compiler:Labangalatika, Visnu Murti, Rishab
Created:08 of Feb, 2009
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1