1. Spiritual knowledge entitles… Knowledge of soul (self) Knowledge of soul (self) Knowledge of God Knowledge of God Knowledge of soul’s relation with God Knowledge of soul’s relation with God Process of linking ourselves with the Supreme (Yoga) Process of linking ourselves with the Supreme (Yoga) Matter (body); Spirit (soul) Matter (body); Spirit (soul)

2. - like inner garment to soul - like inner garment to soul - Not perceivable by any gross senses - Not perceivable by any gross senses - Subtle body accompanies soul at death THE COMPUTER ANALOGY

3. boyhood-youth-old age dehino 'smin yatha dehe kaumaram yauvanam jara tatha dehantara-praptir dhiras tatra na muhyati As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change. - Bhagavad Gita 2.13

4. THE UNSEEN PROVEN BY THE SEEN “NO ONE IS SUPERIOR TO ME, O ARJUNA. EVERYTHING RESTS UPON ME, AS PEARLS ARE STRUNG ON A NECKLACE.” –Bhagavad-gita 7.7 “mattah parataram nanyat kincit asti dhananjaya mayi sarvam idam protam sutre mani-gana iva”

5. Material World Spiritual World

6. Individual Quiz : Fill up the blank with appropriate words based on the analogy of material world and jail : 1. Jail= ___________ 2. Jail keeper = Ans: Mayadevi 3. Food =___________ 4. Medicine = ____________ 5. Checked shirt = ________ Where Does the Soul Come from? The soul originally belongs to the Spiritual world. There are infinite souls who are eternal servants of the Supreme Lord in the Spiritual world. Due to envy and the desire to enjoy independent of the Supreme Lord, the soul is sent to this material world, which is like a prison house. 6. Whips = _____________ 7. Release = ____________ 8. Stay in state = ___________________ 9. Laws of state = __________________ 10. Prime minister of state = ______________ Just as the fish can be happy only in the waters, similarly the soul can be happy only in the spiritual world, not in the material world With any amount of luxuries and comforts.

7. Solution to all material problems We are not this body, but spirit souls We are not this body, but spirit souls Our duty is to serve God Our duty is to serve God Depend on Krishna and perform our duty Depend on Krishna and perform our duty Live in the material world and not affected by it (lotus leaf in water) Live in the material world and not affected by it (lotus leaf in water) Chant: Chant: Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare; Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare