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Prabhupada: So this is the analysis of the whole bodily construction. And beyond this bodily construction there is the soul. And when you study the characteristic of the soul, that is called spiritual knowledge. So long you are engaged with the characteristics of the bodily different elements, that is material study. So generally, people, they are interested the medical science. Medical science is also interested with this body. The physical science... The physical science interest will be bhumir apah analo vayuh, maha-bhutani [Bg 7.4]. And psychology, they are interested with the internal senses, mind: thinking, feeling and willing.    (More...)

So this so-called advancement of material science means that we are kept in the darkness of spiritual knowledge; we are still in the platform of animal concept of life. Therefore sastra says,    (More...)

Go-khara. Go-khara. Go means cow, and khara means ass. So in spite of all our educational advancement, if we remain in the darkness of bodily concept of life, then we are no better than go-khara. Go, go means cow, and... So we should not remain that. The human life is meant for above this. Athato brahma-jijnasa. This human life is for inquiring about the soul. And the knowledge of the soul begins... That is the first instruction in the Bhagavad-gita, that don't be simply enwrapped or encumbered with these twenty-four elements, bodily ele..., material, but you should understand that asmin dehe, there is the possessor, or occupier, of the body. Dehinah asmin dehe. Dehino 'smin... What is that verse?    (More...)