Soul

One who has withdrawn all their senses into the Self, and who has not caused pain to any creature except as permitted by the scriptures, conducts themselves in this way throughout their life. They reach the World of Brahman after death and do not return.

Everything is indeed Brahman, as declared in the Upanishads. May I never deny Brahman. May Brahman never deny me. May there never be any denial from my side. May all the virtues mentioned in the Upanishads be mine, I who am devoted to the Self.

Bhakti is the path to salvation. Souls achieve salvation through God's grace.

The Jivas are distinct from God and matter. According to Madhva, the difference between Brahman and Jiva is real.

Avidya is a form of Prakriti that obscures the spiritual powers of the individual soul, forming a veil that hides the Supreme from the individual's vision.

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.

Every human soul has the potential to be divine.

Two birds, companions always united, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruit of the tree; the other, not eating, looks on.

Two birds, bonded companions, cling to the same tree. One of them eats the sweet fruits; the other, not eating, simply watches.

O Bharata, the dweller in the body is eternally indestructible in every being. Therefore you ought not to mourn for any creature.

Someone perceives it as wondrous; another speaks of it as wondrous; yet another hears of it as wondrous — and yet, even having heard, no one truly knows it.

It is said to be unmanifest, inconceivable, and immutable. Therefore, having understood it thus, you ought not to grieve.

This cannot be cut, cannot be burned, cannot be wetted, cannot be dried. It is eternal, all-pervading, stable, immovable, and everlasting.

Weapons do not cut this, fire does not burn it, water does not wet it, and wind does not dry it.

Just as a person casts off worn-out garments and puts on others that are new, even so the embodied soul sheds worn-out bodies and takes on other new ones.

O Partha, one who knows this to be indestructible, eternal, unborn and imperishable — how does that person cause another to be slain, and whom does that person slay?

It is never born and it never dies. It has not come into being, nor will it ever come to be again. It is unborn, eternal, ever-lasting, and ancient. It is not slain when the body is slain.

One who thinks this is a slayer and one who thinks this is slain — both of them fail to perceive the truth. This neither slays nor is it slain.