Collection
The soul, the body and death
83 lectures
Conversations and walks on the most essential question — who we really are. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains the difference between the temporary body and the eternal soul, the nature of consciousness, the changing of bodies, and what awaits us at the moment of death and beyond.
Material Energy and the Conditioned Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1967
Solving the Ultimate Problem of Human Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hamburg · 1969
The Law of Identity and Proper Address
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Indore · 1970
The Spiritual Atom and Divine Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1971
Bodily Concept of Life and Self-Realization
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Detroit · 1971
Identity Beyond Body and Designation
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1971
The Eternal Soul and Changing Body
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nairobi · 1971
The Difference Between Human and Animal Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Conversation on the Indestructible Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Preparing for Your Next Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · New York · 1972
The Material Body Is the Source of All Trouble
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
The Soul Cannot Be Mechanically Replaced
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
The Living Force Inside the Seed
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
Freedom Through Spiritual Body
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1972
The Spirit Soul and Bodily Conception
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1972
The Living Entity's Eternal Nature
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
The Nature of the Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1973
Conquering the Race Between Life and Death
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Spiritual Consciousness Beyond Material Impediments
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
The Soul in Animals and Humans
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1973
Spiritual Understanding Begins with Self-Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1973
Understanding Individual and Supreme Living Beings
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1973
Animals Possess Souls Like Humans
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1974
Body Consciousness and Dvaita-Vada
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Seeing Beyond Gross Senses
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1974
Transmigration and the Purification of Consciousness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Rome · 1974
Yoga Practice and the Bodily Concept of Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Geneva · 1974
Yoga, Breath, and the Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Paris · 1974
Peace After Death and Human Distinction
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Berlin · 1974
The Soul and the Body in Berlin
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Berlin · 1974
The Same Body Cannot Go
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Melbourne · 1974
Living Entities and the Theory of Knowledge
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mexico City · 1975
Spiritual Consciousness and the Atomic Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mexico City · 1975
Divine Perfection and the Fear of Death
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Caracas · 1975
Bodily Affection and the Living Force
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · London · 1975
Ātman, Self, and Individual Identity
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Problems and the Bodily Concept of Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Perth · 1975
Birth in India Before Returning Home
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
Soul and Body in Western Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1975
The Body and Soul Are Different
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
Reality versus Illusion in Human Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1975
The Science of Past Present and Future
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Denver · 1975
Soul Transmigration and Body Change
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Philadelphia · 1975
Morning Walk in Delhi on Bodily Concept of Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1975
Wrong Conception of Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1975
The Difference Between Living and Dead Bodies
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mauritius · 1975
The Certainty of Death and True Intelligence
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
Responsibility for the Lives of Trees
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Johannesburg · 1975
The Eternal Necessity of the Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nairobi · 1975
Crossing the Ocean of Birth and Death
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Life and Death in Material World
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
The Nature of the Living Entity's Service
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
Medical Service and Spiritual Cure
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1975
The Jiva as Eternal Fragment of Krishna
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Nellore · 1976
The Indestructible Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1976
Life and Consciousness in the Womb
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Honolulu · 1976
The Dog and the Former Prime Minister
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1976
Transmigration and the Flaws of Western Religion
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Los Angeles · 1976
Spiritual Life versus Material Darkness
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Detroit · 1976
The Purpose of Human Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Toronto · 1976
Understanding Birth and Death
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Toronto · 1976
Hare Kṛṣṇa Record and the Atomic Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Mental Concoction and True Independence
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Movement is Eternal
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Washington, D.C. · 1976
Attachment to the Body is Futile
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Tehran · 1976
Work Beyond the Body's Limitations
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1976
The Soul Is Eternal and Subordinate
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Hyderabad · 1976
The Soul Transcends the Body
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Delhi · 1976
Understanding the Soul and Transmigration
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Chandigarh · 1976
Self-Realization and the Nature of Being
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Poona · 1976
Freedom From Mind
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1976
Conversation on the Goal of Human Life
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1976
You Are Not This Body
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
The Subtle Body and Transmigration of the Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
The Difference Between Life and Death
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Medicine and Diet for the Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
Soul Exists Beyond Gross Perception
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bhubaneswar · 1977
The Soul is Different From Matter
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Mayapur · 1977
Body Identification and Moral Decline
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
We Are Not the Body
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Bombay · 1977
Duty Toward Father and the Soul
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Rishikesh · 1977
Death and the Holy Name
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977
Consciousness and Transcendental Exchanges
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada · Vrindavan · 1977