Our Body is perishable, no one can preserve it forever and our real Self is non-perishable. No one can ever destroy it.
Avinaashi tu tadviddhi yaen sarvamidam tatam;
vinaashamavyasyasya na kashrchtarktumarhati.
(Gita 2:17)
Gita says, “Know that to be non-perishable by which all this world is pervaded. None can bring about the destruction of the indestructible.” (Gita 2:17)
An immortal shall always remain immortal and the perishable shall always be perishable. The perishable is not our real Self. If we put on a shirt, will that shirt become our real Self? If we cover our body with a bed-sheet, will that bed-sheet become our real Self? Just as we are different from the clothes, in the same manner we are also different from these bodies.
“Amar jeev mare so kaayaa.”
“The Self is immortal, while the physical body is perishable.”
If we give importance to the discriminating attitude (vivek), then the fear of death shall come to an end forever. When we do not die, then why the fear of death? And for the one which will inevitably die, then why the desire to keep it alive? Our childhood passed away, we cannot bring our childhood back to show it since it has died, but we (the Self) have remained the same. Therefore the physical body is always perishing, while I (Self) is immortal. Is there any doubt about this? Now the only thing which remains to be done is that we have to give importance and honor this truth. We have to realize this truth. It is not to be merely learned.
From “Salvation of Mankind” in English pg 140; “Manav Maatre ke Kalyaan ke Liye,” in Hindi pg 134 by Swami Ramsukhdasji.
Ram Ram
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