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Science of Soul

The document explores the concept of the soul based on the teachings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, emphasizing that humans are more than just chemical compositions. It discusses the presence of consciousness as evidence of the soul, referencing the Bhagavad Gita's teachings on the eternal nature of the soul and its transmigration through various life forms. The text encourages individuals to utilize their human existence for spiritual growth and devotional service, as it is a rare opportunity for achieving ultimate perfection in life.

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Science of Soul

The document explores the concept of the soul based on the teachings of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, emphasizing that humans are more than just chemical compositions. It discusses the presence of consciousness as evidence of the soul, referencing the Bhagavad Gita's teachings on the eternal nature of the soul and its transmigration through various life forms. The text encourages individuals to utilize their human existence for spiritual growth and devotional service, as it is a rare opportunity for achieving ultimate perfection in life.

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SCIENCE

OF
SOUL
Based on the teachings
of
His Divine Grace
A.C.
Bhaktivedanta
Swami
Prabhupada
Founder Acharya
International Society
for Krishna Consciousness
If I ask you a question…

Who are
you?
What would
be your
answer?
In the early years
of 20 century,
th

a scientist
analyzed the
constituents of the
human body.
Total worth of
chemicals
CALCIUM

IRON

PHOSPHORUS

WATER CONTENT
OTHER
SUBSTANCES
Total worth of
chemicals

Rs. 210/-
Are we just
bundles of
chemicals which
have aligned
together by
chance &
are exhibiting
various feelings &
emotions…
Sometimes happy
Sometimes sleeping
Sometimes smiling
Sometimes shocked

Sometimes shocked
Sometimes loving
Sometimes fighting
Don’t you feel we
are more than the
chemicals which
constitute this
body?
Then, who
are we ?
How are we different
from a robot or a
machine

?
A lense of a Video Camera may see

No “Consciousness” No “Emotions”
No “Judging” No “Experience”
A human eye also sees, & has

Consciousness Emotions
Judging capacity Experience
A machine
may see red
light

But EXPERIENCE of seeing red


light does not accompany this
mechanical response.
Difference is the presence of
SOUL

which pervades in the body


as
CONSCIOUSNESS
When a man dies we say

Who
He has
“Bodyhas passed
passed away?
away
is still lying there !!! .”
Actually what has
passed away is the
SOUL
What the proof of
presence of soul
?
CONSCIOUSNESS

That pervades the


entire body
PAST LIFE
MEMORIES

Ian Stevenson, Carlson


Professor of Psychiatry
at the University of
Virginia has extensively
investigated over 2000
cases of spontaneous
reincarnation memories.
What
BHAGAVAD
GITA
speaks
about the
SOUL ?
Krishna
instructs …
“That which pervades
the entire body you
should know to be
indestructible. No one
is able to destroy that
imperishable soul.”
Bhagavad - gétä 2.17
“As the
embodied soul
continuously
passes, in this
body, from
boyhood to
youth to old
age, the soul
similarly passes
into another
body at death
Bhagavad .”
- gétä
“As a person puts on
new garments, giving
up old ones, the soul
similarly accepts new
material bodies, giving
up the old and useless
ones.”
Krishna
further
instructs
in
Bhagavad -
gétä
2.20
“For the soul there is
neither birth nor
death at any time.
He has not come into
being, does not
come into being, and
will not come into
being.
He is unborn,
eternal, ever-existing
and primeval. He is
not slain when the
body is slain.”
Bhagavad - gétä 2.20
MODERN
CIVILIZATION

Cage
Polishing
Civilization
Soul is life after life
transmigrating in
84,00,000 species
constantly changing
bodies
Prahalad
Prahalad Maharaj
Maharaj
instructs
instructs
kaumära äcaret präjïo
dharmän bhägavatän
iha
durlabhaà mänuñaà
janma
tad apy adhruvam
arthadam
One who is sufficiently
intelligent should use the
human form of body from
the very beginning of his life
to practice the activities of
devotional service.
The human body is most
rarely achieved and although
temporary, it is meaningful
because in human life one
can perform devotional
service.
Srimad
Bhagvata
m
instructs
…
After many, many births and
deaths one achieves the rare
human form of life, affords
one the opportunity to attain
the highest perfection.
Thus a sober human being
should quickly endeavor for
the ultimate perfection of life.
After all, sense gratification
is available even in the most
abominable species of life.
HARE
KRISHNA

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