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| The Changeless Soul? |
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Bg 2.25 Original Version
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| It is said
that the soul is invisible, inconceivable,
immutable and unchangeable. Knowing this, you should not grieve
for the body. |
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| It is said
that the soul is invisible, inconceivable,
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immutable. Knowing this, you should not grieve for the body. |
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Bg 7.24 Original Version
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| Unintelligent
men, who know Me not, think that I have assumed
this form and personality.Due to their small knowledge, they do not
know My higher nature, which is changeless and supreme. |
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| Unintelligent
men, who do not
know Me
perfectly,
think that I, the
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krsna, was impersonal before and have now
assumed this personality. Due to their small knowledge, they
do not know My higher nature, which is
imperishable
and supreme. |
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| The Eternal Soul? |
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Bg 2.30 Original Version
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| O descendant
of Bharata, he who dwells in the body is eternal and
can never be slain. Therefore you need not grieve for any
creature. |
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| O descendant
of Bharata, he who dwells in the body can never be slain. Therefore
you need not grieve for any
living
being. |
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| Brahma is the "creator god"? |
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Bg 8.17 Original Version
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| ...Then
the process is set rolling again. These four yugas, rotating a thousand times,
comprise one day of Brahma, the creator god, and the
same number comprise one night. Brahma lives one hundred of such "years"
and then dies. |
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| ...Then
the process is set rolling again. These four yugas, rotating a thousand times,
comprise one day of Brahma, and the same number comprise one night.
Brahma lives one hundred of such "years" and then dies. |
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| We Can't Create Matter From Nothing? |
| And "Krishna is the supreme creator of all individual
souls"? |
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Bg 7.6 Original Version
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| ...A fragmental
part and parcel of the Lord, namely the living entity, may by manipulation
of material energy construct a skyscraper, a factory, or city,
but he cannot create matter out of nothing, and he certainly cannot
construct a planet
or
a universe. The cause of the universe is the Supersoul,
Krsna, the supreme creator of all individual souls and the original
cause of all causes, as the Katha Upanisad (2.2.13)
confirms . Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam. |
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| ...A fragmental
part and parcel of the Lord, namely the living entity, may
be the cause
of a
big
skyscraper, a
big
factory, or
even a big
city, but he cannot
be the cause
of a
big
universe. The cause of the
big
universe is the
big soul, or the
Supersoul
And Krsna, the
Supreme, is the cause of both the big and small souls. Therefore He
is the original cause of all
causes.
This is confirmed
in the Katha Upanisad (2.2.13) Nityo nityanam cetanas cetananam. |
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| OM Eminates From Krishna? |
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Bg 7.8 Original Version
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...Similarly pranava, or the omkara transcendental sound
used in the beginning of every Vedic hymn to
address the Supreme Lord also emanates from Him. |
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...And
pranava, or the omkara transcendental sound in the
beginning of every Vedic
hymn,
addresses
the Supreme Lord. |
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