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He wants to know if the senses, the material senses we now have, originally belong to the soul which has been covered by the material body

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"He wants to know if the senses, the material senses we now have, originally belong to the soul which has been covered by the material body"

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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Lectures

Yes. Just like a man is in a normal condition, but if he becomes mad, the same senses are there, but he's in abnormal condition.
Lecture on BG 2.14 -- Mexico, February 14, 1975:

Hṛdayānanda: (translating) He wants to know if the senses, the material senses we now have, originally belong to the soul which has been covered by the material body.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Just like a man is in a normal condition, but if he becomes mad, the same senses are there, but he's in abnormal condition. So when we are in this material world we using our senses in abnormal way. So when we cure the senses, we get into normal condition. That is spiritual life. So sarvopādhi-vinirmuktaṁ tat-paratvena nirmalam (CC Madhya 19.170). We have to give up all these designation of life and we have to become purified. Then we come to our normal condition.

Page Title:He wants to know if the senses, the material senses we now have, originally belong to the soul which has been covered by the material body
Compiler:Labangalatika, Rishab
Created:18 of Feb, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1