• 8 verses of Shikshashtaka include everything. • Jivas coming out of tatastha-shakti. • Avaranatmika and vikshepatmika functions of maya. • The soul is very minute. Verse: bālāgra-śata-bhāgasya śatadhā kalpitasya ca… (Shvetashvatara Upanishad 5.9). • Verse: are vā atma draṣṭavyaḥ śrotavyaḥ mantavyah nididhyāsitavyah (Brihad-aranyaka-upanisad, 4.5.6). • Adhyatmika, adhibhautika and adhidaivika. • The difference between the suffering of the devotees and the non-devotees (example of...
Identity of the Soul
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31 May 2025 evening – Dharma (English) | Bari, Puglia, Italy | Srila BV Vana Maharaja
• The primary meaning of dharma is the intrinsic or essential nature of something. • What is the intrinsic nature of the soul? The spontaneous nature of the soul is to serve Krsna. • Sloka: jīvera ‘svarūpa’ haya — kṛṣṇera ‘nitya-dāsa’… (CC Madhya 20. 108-109). • Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura shows respect to all religions, recognizing their different types of relationship with the Lord. • The grantha Sri Brahma Samhita presents evidence of the existence of the transcendental world of...