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  • June 6, 2017 at 7:15 pm #2360

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     I don’t see why knowledge about the difference between the body and soul is opposing to bhakti; why would it lead one away from Krishna; this is the first thing Krishna teaches Arjuna in the gita.

  • June 6, 2017 at 7:16 pm #2361

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    Answer by Danavir Goswami

    Sattva guna has defects whereas suddha sattva does not. Knowledge that one is not the body can be misunderstood by the jnanis to mean that the jiva soul is equal with total Brahman.

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