What Happens After Death? What is the Soul (Atman)?
Human Body To the wise, this frame of flesh and bone Is not mere dust , it is the throne Where Soul dwells , serene, supreme, The heart and source of every dream. Three gates before the seeker shine To Heaven, Freedom, Bliss divine; But turned astray, the path declines, To hell’s abyss where fire pines. O blessed birth! , this human frame, A chance to rise beyond all name; For gods may reign, yet bound remain, While man may break his mortal chain. ★ This body, the gross one, is fashioned from the five great elements . Mind and intellect, the five vital airs, and the five organs of knowledge ,United with the five organs of action together form the subtle body . This subtle body is verily the eternal abode of the eternal soul , The self-luminous and independent one. An enlightened being or self-aware person does not fear death because they know that death is not the end of life , but rather a new phase and a fresh beginning in the soul's journey . ЁЯФп Th...