Category:Bodily Platform
Theme Analysis
The "bodily platform" is the state of existence where the living entity falsely thinks, "I am this body." Śrīla Prabhupāda identifies this as the animalistic conception of life. On this platform, society is divided by labels such as "American," "Indian," "German," or "Hindu," leading to the duality of friends and enemies. Happiness on this plane is impossible because the body is temporary and full of misery. True equality and universal brotherhood cannot be established here because bodies are inherently different. Only by rising to the spiritual platform—realizing "I am spirit soul"—can one achieve unity, cease material discrimination, and engage in service that is free from fatigue and motivation.
- The Barrier to Unity: As long as people identify with the body, there will always be division (e.g., "Russians are enemies, Americans are friends"). Real brotherhood is only possible when we see the spirit soul within.
- The Animal Nature: Remaining on the bodily platform means remaining an animal. The human mission is to inquire into the Absolute Truth (athāto brahma jijñāsā) and rise above bodily demands.
- Fatigue vs. Spirit: Material activities fatigue the body, but spiritual activities do not because they are performed on a different platform.
- The Solution: One must transcend the bodily, mental, and intellectual platforms to reach the "kevala" (pure) spiritual platform of unadulterated service to Kṛṣṇa.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Transcending the Bodily Platform to Spiritual Consciousness.
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Pages in category "Bodily Platform"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- A devotee sees all living entities with spiritual vision and does not discriminate on the platform of the bodily concept of life. Such qualities develop only in the association of devotees
- At the present moment we are all working on the platform of bodily concept of life but when you come to the platform of understanding that aham brahmasmi, I am not this matter, I am spirit soul, then my occupational duty changes
E
- Each and every body is different from the other. So long the soul is in ignorance and identifies with the body, how can there be equality? So unless one is raised to spiritual understanding, there is no question of equality on the bodily platform
- Either on the bodily plane or on the mental plane you cannot be happy. That is not possible. But if you want to be happy then you have to come to the spiritual platform and engage in spiritual activities
- Every one of them is thinking on the bodily platform: "I am Indian," "I am American," "I am German," and "I am Englishman," like that. Therefore there is no solution because the basic principle is wrong
I
- I say: "American? Oh, they are my friends. Russians? They are my enemies." Why? What is the platform of this distinction? The platform is body
- If one understands that "I am not this body; I am spirit soul," he is called atmavit, or he is liberated. He is not bodily conscious platform. There are three platforms of identification with self
- If we act from the platform of consciousness, then we may not be pushed again into the platform of this bodily conception
M
- Material enjoyment on the gross bodily platform is discouraged throughout Bhagavad-gita: matra-sparsas tu kaunteya, sitosna-sukha-duhkha-dah, agamapayino 'nityas, tams titiksasva bharata - BG 2.14
- Materially, when a man becomes tired by rendering service in his physical body, he is allowed retirement, but in the transcendental service there is no feeling of fatigue because it is spiritual service and is not on the bodily plane
O
- On this platform of bodily concept of life, we remain animal. And to raise from that animal platform to the platform of our spiritual consciousness, that is the business of human life. Athato brahma jijnasa. This is the Vedanta-sutra
- One has to transcend the bodily platform, mental platform, intellectual platform and come to the simple spiritual platform. That is kevalaya. Kevalaya means simply, without any adulteration of bodily, mental and intellectual activities
- Our activities will be in accordance to that realization (I am spirt soul), that is to say that they will cease to be motivated from the material or bodily platform
- Our enjoyment can be perfected when we participate in the enjoyment of God. There is no possibility of our enjoying separately on the bodily platform
T
- The concept of European, American, or Indian is based on the bodily platform. So long one is under the impression that he is this body, he cannot make much progress in this movement
- These dreams are on the mental platform, the egoistic platform, and the bodily platform. But I am not the body. The gross body and subtle body are different from my actual self
- This Krsna consciousness movement is not on the bodily platform. It is on the spiritual platform. To come to the spiritual platform, it is necessary that you reduce or make nil sex life
- Those who imitate an uttama-adhikari by flaunting a sense of oneness or fellowship but who behave on the bodily platform are actually false philanthropists
W
- What is our calculation? I am thinking somebody my friend and another body as my enemy. Why? Because I make distinction on the bodily platform
- When one sees only to the spiritual existence of a living entity, there is question of seeing equally, equal vision, universal brotherhood. That is possible. Not on the bodily platform. That is not possible