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

The knowledge of the Self is beyondrelative knowledge and ignorance. -----”(Talk No. 636)“I am the body thought is ignorance;that the body is not apart from Self isknowledge. That is the difference betweenknowledge and ignorance” (Talk No 396.)To consider the body as Self isignorance. This identification of the Self withthe body is called ego. A person cultivatesfirst the discriminative knowledge that thebody and the world (of which the body is apart) are non- self and perishable while theSelf alone is the reality and is imperishable.“The Self remains ever even after the bodyperishes. The discontent is due to the wrongidentity of the Eternal Self with the perishablebody. The body is a necessary adjunct of theego. If the ego is killed the eternal Self isrevealed in all its glory.” (Talk No. 396.)62<strong>Gita</strong> <strong>Sarah</strong>