Gita Group GD - Slokas 2.18, 2.19: Embodied Soul, Soul (Atma), Aprameya - beyond Senses
Description
Gita 4/25 Slokas 2.18, 19
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What travels after death? Soul (Atma) does not travel anywhere because no space, time, object constraints.
Is body not important? There are actors, sportspersons who take extreme care of their bodies - how should we interpret it?
What does unknowable mean? Why can't we understand Atma with the usual organs of perception?
Atma is Aprameya:Unknowable through known sense organs of perception because, it is beyond the six ways knowledge happens - pratyaksh (direct), paroksha (inference), anupalabdi (absence), upaman (comparision), arthapatthi (data analysis), shabda (sruti/vedas).
How does Vedas describe Atma
Neti-Neti method, paradoxical statements, inference, silence.
We also discuss what it means when people say 'Atma'. For some it could be body, mind, intellect, ego....
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