Gita-Sarah-Commentary-on-the-Slokas-of-Bhagavad-Gita

By saying that the Self is ancient, it onlymeans that it never grows and though it hasbeen there at all times it always looks newand fresh (as per Sankara). Even if we throwa stone at a bulb, it is the bulb which isshattered to pieces and no harm or no scratchever befalls the electricity. In the olden daysthe example of the pot and the space inside(ghatakasa) used to be given. Even thoughthe pot may break, the space inside remainsunaffected. It is the same case with the bodyand the Atman (Self). Even if somebody is tomassacre the body, the Self cannot be slain.It is futile to grieve over a broken containerso long as the contents remain unharmed.“Accordingly, there is neither birth nordeath. Waking is birth and sleep is death. -----What if anyone is dead? They are free frombondage. Mourning is the chain forged by themind to bind itself to the dead.”<strong>Gita</strong> <strong>Sarah</strong> 19