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Soul
The concept of soul refers to the essential, non-physical aspect of a being across various spiritual traditions. Many traditions converge on the idea that the soul is a vital, immutable part of an individual. However, they diverge in their understanding of the soul's nature, purpose, and relationship to the material world.
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The natural bliss of the soul is revealed when it achieves salvation.
Time is more precious than money, and more valuable than anything in the world. It's the greatest treasure, the essence of life. Use time wisely for spiritual growth, and don't waste a single moment.
Yes, spiritual discipline is necessary.
Two birds, close companions, ever united, cling to the same tree. Of the two, one eats the sweet fruit; the other looks on without eating.
द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते । तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्त्यन- श्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति ॥ ६॥
Two birds, companions bound together, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit; the other looks on without eating.
द्वा सुपर्णा सयुजा सखाया समानं वृक्षं परिषस्वजाते । तयोरन्यः पिप्पलं स्वाद्वत्त्यनश्नन्नन्यो अभिचाकशीति ॥ १॥
The embodied self within the body of every being is eternal and cannot be slain, Bharata. Therefore you should not grieve for any being.
देही नित्यमवध्योऽयं देहे सर्वस्य भारत | तस्मात्सर्वाणि भूतानि न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि ||२-३०||
One sees the self as a wonder; another speaks of it as a wonder; another hears of it as a wonder; yet even after hearing, no one truly knows it.
आश्चर्यवत्पश्यति कश्चिदेन- माश्चर्यवद्वदति तथैव चान्यः | आश्चर्यवच्चैनमन्यः शृणोति श्रुत्वाप्येनं वेद न चैव कश्चित् ||२-२९||
It is said to be unmanifest, unthinkable, and unchanging. Therefore, knowing it to be so, you should not grieve.
अव्यक्तोऽयमचिन्त्योऽयमविकार्योऽयमुच्यते | तस्मादेवं विदित्वैनं नानुशोचितुमर्हसि ||२-२५||
It cannot be cut, burned, wetted, or dried. It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, unmoving, and everlasting.
अच्छेद्योऽयमदाह्योऽयमक्लेद्योऽशोष्य एव च | नित्यः सर्वगतः स्थाणुरचलोऽयं सनातनः ||२-२४||
Weapons do not cut it, fire does not burn it, water does not wet it, and wind does not dry it.
नैनं छिन्दन्ति शस्त्राणि नैनं दहति पावकः | न चैनं क्लेदयन्त्यापो न शोषयति मारुतः ||२-२३||
Just as a person casts off worn-out clothes and puts on new ones, so the embodied self casts off worn-out bodies and enters others that are new.
वासांसि जीर्णानि यथा विहाय नवानि गृह्णाति नरोऽपराणि | तथा शरीराणि विहाय जीर्णा- न्यन्यानि संयाति नवानि देही ||२-२२||
One who knows this self to be indestructible, eternal, unborn, and imperishable, how can that person, Partha, kill anyone or cause anyone to be killed?
वेदाविनाशिनं नित्यं य एनमजमव्ययम् | कथं स पुरुषः पार्थ कं घातयति हन्ति कम् ||२-२१||
It is never born, nor does it ever die; having once existed, it never ceases to be. Unborn, eternal, everlasting, and ancient, it is not killed when the body is killed.
न जायते म्रियते वा कदाचिन् नायं भूत्वा भविता वा न भूयः | अजो नित्यः शाश्वतोऽयं पुराणो न हन्यते हन्यमाने शरीरे ||२-२०||
One who thinks this self a slayer, and one who thinks it slain, neither understands. It neither slays nor is slain.
य एनं वेत्ति हन्तारं यश्चैनं मन्यते हतम् | उभौ तौ न विजानीतो नायं हन्ति न हन्यते ||२-१९||
These bodies of the eternal embodied self are said to come to an end, but the self itself is indestructible and immeasurable. Therefore fight, Bharata.
अन्तवन्त इमे देहा नित्यस्योक्ताः शरीरिणः | अनाशिनोऽप्रमेयस्य तस्माद्युध्यस्व भारत ||२-१८||
Know that to be indestructible by which all this is pervaded. No one can bring about the destruction of that imperishable reality.
अविनाशि तु तद्विद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम् | विनाशमव्ययस्यास्य न कश्चित्कर्तुमर्हति ||२-१७||
Just as the embodied self passes through childhood, youth, and old age in this body, so it passes into another body. The wise are not deluded by this.
देहिनोऽस्मिन्यथा देहे कौमारं यौवनं जरा | तथा देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्धीरस्तत्र न मुह्यति ||२-१३||