Partha Das, 18 March 2020
Hare Krsna,
I understand that each sperm has a soul. Our body has millions of sperms. Does it mean there are millions of souls living in my body along with my soul at any time.
Sounds scary.
Dandavats
Partha Das
Rcard, 19 March 2020
Hare Krishna!!!
I’ve been wondering the same query but multiplied even more.
I’ve included all the cells of our bodies including micro-organisms and so on.
Which one is your soul? Is it the one dwelling in your heart?.
Do all these cells, sperms and micro-organisms transmigrate with your soul when change body?.
Rcard
Priya Sundari devi dasi, 19 March 2020
Hare Krishna Prabhus. Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I hope this finds you well.
HH Bhakti Rasamrita Swami has a seminar called ‘Dust to Dust’ – this is recorded and is available on Iskcondesiretree for devotees to listen to.
In that Maharaja says that the soul goes into the body of the male first through grains (and again someone asks the question in the seminar that does that mean we avoid eating grains), before which it goes through the rain, into the ground and then into grains.
Maharaja also explains very nicely that when the time is right then we attract a soul who comes into the male’s body through consumption of grains and then is transferred to the womb of the mother. It also answers other questions about the souls journey before birth and after death, hence the name Dust to dust.
The seminar is quite extraordinary and I would highly recommend listening to it.
I also read somewhere that the soul stays in the father’s body for 3 months and the mother’s body for 270 days (pregnancy). <– Apologies I cannot find a quote / reference for this.
your servant
Priya Sundari devi dasi.
*Kṛṣṇe matir astu*
Bhakta Sanjay, 19 March 2020
Hare Krishna,
Dandavat Pranam to all vaishnavas.
Soul is spiritual sparks from supreme soul i.e. Lord Krishna. Body is material which consists of 5 elements. Based on Karmic reactions from million births, soul transmigrate to the already built-in heart in the womb of a mother i.e. who will be father and mother is already pre-detinied based on KARMA. This is my personal understanding after going through the scriptures. Based on this understanding, each chromosome will not have spiritual sparks (soul) but material energy from the Lord with potency to fertilize an egg.
Haribol,
Jay Gurudev,
Sanjay
Arnoldas Zdanevicius, 19 March 2020
Hare Krsna.
Dandavat pranam to all!
All glories to Srila Prabhupad and His faithful followers.
I wonder why we discuss things which we will never know completely? All the answers about the soul are hidden from us. Soul is not material. That’s it.
Don’t waste your time trying to understand the soul.
or better ask your Guru about it. Do not speculate about it.
better chant Hare Krsna – this is for me.
Please help me how to find taste in chanting again. I am loosing.
Perhaps I am done with Krsna consciousness for some time.
your eternal servant, anyway.
Arnoldas 🙂
Rasika Krishna Das, 19 March 2020
Hare Krishna!
I once asked Srila Gurudev almost same question, he answered that there are many souls within our body like microbes & germs in air that we breathe, worms in our digestive tract and many more but you (the owner of this body) are the king of all souls, the king of this city of nine gates.
Regarding sperms, only potent sperms have souls. That’s the reason why many healthy aspiring mothers are never able to conceive because the aspiring fathers don’t have any potent sperms because of their karma. From purport of SB 11.5.41:
“Often the sexual act fails to produce pregnancy at all. So although all parents desire a beautiful, highly qualified child, this is often not the case. Thus it can be understood that ultimately it is by the mercy of the Supreme Lord that a man and woman are able to produce a child by the sexual act. It is by the Lord’s mercy that the man’s seminal injection is potent and the woman’s ovum is fertile. Similarly, it is only by the mercy of the Lord that the child is born in a healthy condition and reaches physical maturity to pursue his own life. If at any stage in the evolution of a human being the Lord’s mercy is withdrawn, sudden death or crippling disease occurs.”
your servant,
Rasika Krishna Das
Tapas Chakraborty, 19 March 2020
Hare Krishna
Dandavat Pranam to all Krishna devotees
I too agree with your views. The subject of discussion which doesn’t lead us to absolute knowledge of truth and love for the supreme is simply a waste of time and energy. All our endeavor to be directed towards self realization through increasing our consciousness on the absolute. Lord in his manifestation in this material earth has enacted many a plays which carry a dual objective of his divine play as well teaching mankind his real purpose on this material earth. We need to dwell on this subject for a deeper understanding of its morals and following the same .
For your losing taste in chanting, I request the elevated souls of this group to enlighten on how to persevere with the endless love towards Supreme.
Hare Krishna
your ever endearing servant
Tapas
Partha Das, 20 March 2020
Thanks for the explanation.
Partha Das
Partha Das, 20 March 2020
Hare Krsna, Dandavats,
We are all devotees of Krsna.Also we are sincere students of the great Vedic literature.
As students we get many doubts as we study. These have to be answered before we move on further. Hence the queries.
your servant
Partha Das
Tapas Chakraborty, 21 March 2020
Hare Krishna
Dear Partha
You are on the right path as well with divine association of illumined souls to guide you in the path of Krishna consciousness. It is true , in the beginning our inquisitive mind plays an active role in trying to know all at a go . But as we go along through perseverance in search of absolute knowledge keeping aside temporary distractions, all answers unfold before you slowly.
yours all endearing servant
Tapas
Mahabhagavat Das, 25 March 2020
Hare Krishna Everyone!
Thank you for a lively discussion on this important subject matter. Actually it is important to know that semen contains millions of jivas, not all jivas have the good fortune of getting a womb and a body… leave alone a human body! We all have got that good fortune, and the chance at a human life. So when someone says “human life is rare” they are not joking!
This means we need to take responsibility – this is the reason why illicit sex is a sinful activity, because we are denying any of those souls a chance to lead a human life.
Also, to the followup question whether other cells in the body are souls also, the answer is given in the Bhagavad Gita…
“
यथा प्रकाशयत्येक: कृत्स्नं लोकमिमं रवि: ।
क्षेत्रं क्षेत्री तथा कृत्स्नं प्रकाशयति भारत ॥ ३४ ॥
yathā prakāśayaty ekaḥ
kṛtsnaṁ lokam imaṁ raviḥ
kṣetraṁ kṣetrī tathā kṛtsnaṁ
prakāśayati bhārata
O son of Bharata, as the sun alone illuminates all this universe, so does the living entity, one within the body, illuminate the entire body by consciousness.” https://vedabase.io/en/library/bg/13/34/ (please read the purport, very very wonderful!)
We can realize that if we cut off the hand, or drain some blood from the body, or be badly burned, or have brain damage or a faulty heart, as long as the soul doesn’t leave the body, the body stays alive. When the soul leaves, then even if the body had perfectly good cells at the time of death, it is a dead body. No one can clearly explain medically or analytically exactly why one body in the same circumstances lives and another one in the same circumstances dies – the only possible explanation is “the soul stayed or left depending on his karma and the decision of higher authorities”.
I am Mahabhagavat Das, eternal servant of Sankarshan Das Adhikari, grand-disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, now writing this email, that tiny particle living within my body which is known in this world by various temporary material designations. My absence from this body will make my body a dead body. As long as I am here, this body will be at least somewhat valuable. Once I am gone, useless.
Srila Gurudeva’s answer also makes it clear by extension, that other living entities live in/on our body too, they are all individual souls as they don’t necessarily die when we leave the body, but in fact can even thrive and flourish – which is why the body begins to decay.
This is a moderated group. All questions are welcome. Anything that is not according to group guidelines or not helpful to broadcast will not be posted or will be answered privately. If you are asking or answering a question, please be kind, respectful, and encouraging.
Sincerely,
Mahabhagavat Das
Editor’s note: Also the verses BG 3.14, and 3.15 discuss this subject matter. Also this article answers this question also: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/2012/01/do-all-sperms-have-soul/
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