Prabhupada, Vrndavana, November 21, 1976:…So our real life is spiritual life, not this bodily conception of life. Narottama dasa Thakura says that anyone who is above the bodily conception of life, he is liberated person. Samsara bandhana Deha-smrti nahi yara, samsara-bandhana kahan tara.
Deha-smrti: “I am this body,” “I am Indian,” “I am American,” “I am brahmana,” “I am ksatriya.” These are bodily conception of life. One who forgets this bodily conception of life, he is liberated. So how we can forget bodily conception of life? It can be forgotten. Just like one big person, sometimes we have seen practically.
We have, of course, heard, we have not seen, that Mr. Stalin, the great Communist leader, he was to undergo a surgical operation of the intestine. So the physician, the doctor, surgeon, he wanted to give him anaesthetic, chloroform. He refused: “There is no need of. Let the operation go on. I shall see what is there within the belly.”
Strong-minded, here, even in material conception, he was, he undergo, underwent the surgical operation without any chloroform. So that is possible. If one is fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness, then he has no more bodily conception of life.
That is not to be imitated. It is on the highest stage it is possible to forget completely, and he is liberated. Deha-smrti nahi yara samsara bandhana kahan tara. He is no more conditioned by the material nature.
So how it can be possible? It can be possible. I have given already one crude example. Similarly, why Mr. Stalin could tolerate without any trouble? Because he was a leader. He was always absorbed in the thought of how he could advance the Communist cause.
This is the real reason. Similarly, if we take our cause very seriously, our… What is our cause? That is explained by Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Our, this Krishna consciousness movement means to serve Krishna.
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