Knowledge and the soul

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> I found this quote of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakur and I was

> wondering about a sentence that I could not understand. If someone could

> be so kind to enlighten me on this sentence from the text below:

> "it can be clearly understood that knowledge and the soul is the ultimate

> goal to be attained"

>

> What does it mean? To be more specific, why is it: 'knowledge AND the

> soul'. Is there a deeper meaning behind this?

 

Here it appears that goal means "objective, object". So the ultimate object

of Bhagavad-Gita is "knowledge AND the soul" NOT warfare or acts of

righteousness.

 

I'm sure one may find some more of SBSSTP or often translations/renderings

by his associates and disciples that one would not understand in a simmilar

way. Where is the quote from?

 

ys

 

CCd

> Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati

> The Bhagavad-Gita is not seperate from the Vaishnava philosophy and the

> Srimad Bhagavatam fully reveals the true import of this doctrine which is

> transmigation of the soul. On perusal of the first chapter of

> Bhagavad-Gita one may think that they are advised to engage in warfare.

> When the second chapter has been read it can be clearly understood that

> knowledge and the soul is the ultimate goal to be attained. On studying

> the third chapter it is apparent that acts of righteousness are also of

> high priority. If we continue and patiently take the time to complete the

> Bhagavad-Gita and try to ascertain the truth of its closing chapter we

> can see that the ultimate conclusion is to relinquish all the

> conceptualized ideas of religion which we possess and fully surrender

> directly unto the Supreme Lord.

>

>

> your servant,

> Vinod-bihari das