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"Only if someone is interested in knowing the truly important thing in life, can he understand this knowledge, this science of self-realization. But if he is an animal - simply eating, sleeping and mating - what will he understand? An animal is not interested in knowing how the world works. He gets his food and sex - his animal propensities - that's all.
...A learned man knows that this material body will be finished today or tomorrow - so why should he be concerned about the body? Rather, he should show concern for the person within the body- whether that person is going to heaven or to hell, up or down,,,
...People are given far too much emphasis on the material body. They do not know anything beyond the body. But real knowledge begins when we learn, "No, you are beyond this body." This is real knowledge. This is the beginning of knowledge, Any other knowledge except this is ignorance."
(Veda: Secrets from the East, pp. 38-39)
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