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You have no eyes to see. But soul is there, that is evident. But as soon as the soul is gone, this body—this beautiful body—is a dead lump of matter only. That distinction is there. Therefore we have to hear from the authority what is that soul. Therefore Kṛṣṇa is describing . . . first of all, He said that there is soul within this body. Dehino 'smin yathā dehaṁ dehī, deha. Dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanam . . . (BG 2.13). Because the soul is there, therefore we are changing different types of body. Just like because you are living, therefore there is coat and shirt. But if you are not living, what is the use of this coat and shirt? There is no question of coat and shirt. Similarly, because the soul is there, therefore the body has developed, according to the desire of the soul. But it is very, very minute.
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[[Vanisource:721205 - Lecture Rotary Club - Ahmedabad|721205 - Lecture Rotary Club - Ahmedabad]]
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Indian man (3): Is there any sort of matter to contact ātmā, or self, what we call?

Prabhupāda: Yes. Ātmā is there.

Indian man (3): Any matter of contacting him?

Prabhupāda: Yes. Therefore your material method is imperfect to detect where is the soul. The soul is there, and the dimension is also there: one ten-thousandth part of the tip of your hair. So you have no eyes to see. But soul is there, that is evident. But as soon as the soul is gone, this body—this beautiful body—is a dead lump of matter only. That distinction is there. Therefore we have to hear from the authority what is that soul.

Therefore Kṛṣṇa is describing . . . first of all, He said that there is soul within this body. Dehino 'smin yathā dehaṁ dehī, deha. Dehino 'smin yathā dehe kaumāraṁ yauvanam . . . ([[Vanisource:BG 2.13 (1972)|BG 2.13]]). Because the soul is there, therefore we are changing different types of body. Just like because you are living, therefore there is coat and shirt. But if you are not living, what is the use of this coat and shirt? There is no question of coat and shirt. Similarly, because the soul is there, therefore the body has developed, according to the desire of the soul. But it is very, very minute.

With our these blunt eyes and blunt senses, we cannot capture. But there is. We have to conceive it from the authoritative statement of higher knowledge, knowledgeable person. Just like we are trying to learn from the Bhagavad-gītā as it is. It is being taught by Kṛṣṇa. So things which are beyond your perception, you have to know it from authority. Just like the example: Who is my father?

We cannot make any experiment. We cannot apply experimental knowledge to find out who is my father. That is not possible. But how we can know? The know it . . . I can know from the authority of the mother. The mother says: "This gentleman is your father," we have to accept. There is no other experimental . . . similarly, the soul, which is beyond the perception of your material senses, you cannot make an experiment. You have no means. But you try to perceive that what is that thing missing that now the body is dead.
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