Posted by Giriraj dasa on December 16, 2013 at 1:04pm
Hare Krishna.15th December.Yesterday at Bhagavat Gita class with HG Vidur Priya Prabhuji proved to be extra beneficial for me. We were at chapter two and verse 17 of Bhagavad Gita. He asked everyone now that we all know what is the size the soul, can we tell what is the shape of the soul ? I never thought Soul could have any shape at that small a size and this questions never crossed my mind. Someone answered it should be circular as it is a perfect shape, someone else suggested it cant have a shape or it is just a light source, etc.. It was Pawan Prabhu who came close the answer and suggested a link with our spiritual self. Then prabhuji clarified that the shape of our soul is exactly as our Spiritual self, Sidh swaroop. Due to wrong consciousness or contamination it gets shrunk to the size described in scriptures, 1/10000 part of the tip of the hair. He further explained that when we begin our sadhna bhakti and the consciousness starts getting purified our gross and subtle body start becoming spiritualised.Another important point he empahsised was that bhakti is all about right consciousness. The externals do not matter so much. He gave the example that when a person dies he gets the body depending upon what was his consciousness at the time of death. Now if someone puts a leave of tulsi leave or ganga jal in the mouth of that person then again that person may die thinking of the pious benefit Tulsi leave has or in a case of a devotee who shows gratitude and remember the service Tulasi Maharani does for Radha Krishna and though both person die with Tulsi leave in their mouth, the results would vary drastically depending upon the consciousness of each person.He stressed the need for right consciousness in whatever activity we do in our lives especially in our sadhna bhakti. He added that is the reason Srila Prabhupada named our society as International Society of Krishna Consciousness.We learn something every time we read a verse of Bhagavad Gita. It is a delight to see how effortlessly Prabhuji teaches us each verse so that everyone understands even the subtle points.All glories to HG Vidur Priya Prabhuji.All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
Hare krishna prabhu. Dandwat pranam. I was wondering for this question for so long and now it's partially solved.
Prabhu ji Prabhupad in his one of the lecture says that we have the coat and shirt for this body with the same Shape of the body. so as the soul is having a same shape, so does it mean that by the shape of Our body We can know about the shape of the soul. But if we take this as a fact then this will again arises the contradictory because we change our body continuously.
And if this is so then the elephant have the form of a spiritual form of elephant. A Fish have a spiritual form of fish.
Please pardon me if I have misinterpret any of the sentence of shrila Prabhupada. But please guide me regarding this Prabhuji. Hare Krishna. dandvat pranam. 🙏❣️
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Prabhu ji Prabhupad in his one of the lecture says that we have the coat and shirt for this body with the same Shape of the body. so as the soul is having a same shape, so does it mean that by the shape of Our body We can know about the shape of the soul. But if we take this as a fact then this will again arises the contradictory because we change our body continuously.
And if this is so then the elephant have the form of a spiritual form of elephant. A Fish have a spiritual form of fish.
Please pardon me if I have misinterpret any of the sentence of shrila Prabhupada. But please guide me regarding this Prabhuji. Hare Krishna. dandvat pranam. 🙏❣️