Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 Hare Krishna Can someone explain to me in detail how we explain Heart transplant if the souls and paramatma is in the heart? Kirit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 7, 2003 Report Share Posted November 7, 2003 Hare Krishna, Someone asked this exact question to Gopal Krishna Maharaj, I heard it on a recording- . His answer was that the heart is just a 'seat' for the the soul. The analogy he gave was that of a person (the soal) sitting on a chair (the heart), thus changing the chair does not mean the soul is (re)moved. Hope this helps Raghu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 Srila Prabhupada explains this in Life Comes From Life in a conversation with Dr. Singh (H.H. Svarupa Damodara Maharaja), pages 76--78 (the 13th morning walk). In essence Prabhupada explains that the heart is a sitting place for the soul, and he likens it to moving from one chair to another "...they simply change the soul's seat...changing hearts is just a change of material bodily organs. The heart is not the real source of life." See the full text for a more thorough explanation. Rupa-vilasa dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 8, 2003 Report Share Posted November 8, 2003 I also heard a lecture once [though I cannot recall the name of the speaker]. He described the same analogy as Prabhupada has regarding the chair. He also mentions that if Krishna wills that the patient survive then the soul enters into the new heart but if the patient was not meant to survive then the soul leaves that body altogether and we see that the heart transplant was unsuccessful! Your servant Sacidevi dasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 10, 2003 Report Share Posted November 10, 2003 Thank you for all your replies on thsi matter Kirit [Moderator Note: Please remember to delete excess quoted text from replies.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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