not the final stage

As Krsna says, vedais ca sarvair aham eva vedyaḥ [Bg 15.15]. By the study of Vedas, if you have attained perfection, then you should know what is Krsna. Krsna also said. Yatatam api siddhanam [Bg 7.3]. Siddha means those who are liberated. Liberated means who have no more the bodily concept of life. They are called liberated, brahma-bhūta. Prasannatma. So long one is in the bodily concept of life, he's conditioned. He's conditioned; he's not liberated. And when one understands fully that he's not this body, he's pure soul, aham brahmasmi, when he realizes, then that stage is called liberated. So liberated stage is not final. If you simply understand that you are not this body, you are spirit soul, that is not sufficient. You must act as Brahman. You must act as Brahman. Then you will stay.    (More...)