tag:gaia.com,2008,:Gaia http://groups.gaia.com/gaia_books/discussions/feeds/thread/405430 en-us 1 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:27:46 GMT Gaia: Gaia Books - Tattva bodha of Sankaracharya - The Physical Body http://Meenakshi.gaia.com Meenakshi tag:gaia.com,2009:Gaia-405430 Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:27:46 GMT http://groups.gaia.com/gaia_books/conversations/view/405430 <p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">“I' the Pure Self, am a witness to all the modifications of the body. 'I' am neither born, nor do 'I' die with the body. <br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "></b></b>Knowing that I am different from the body, I need not neglect the body. It is a vehicle that I use to transact with the world. It is the temple which houses the Pure Self within.”</b></b></span><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">~Swami Tejomayananda's commentary<br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; ">Page: 34-35</span><br /></span></b></b> </p>