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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.3.18
"One who considers his visible body, which is a product of the three modes of nature, to be independent of the soul is unaware of the basis of existence, and therefore he is a rascal. Those who are learned have rejected this conclusion because one can understand through full discussion that with no basis in soul, the visible body and senses would be insubstantial. Nonetheless, although his conclusion has been rejected, a foolish person considers it a reality." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/3/18
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.24
"Those who have received the clear vision of knowledge from the sunlike spiritual master can see You in this way, as the very Soul of all souls, the Supersoul of everyone’s own self. Thus understanding Your original personality, they are able to cross over the ocean of illusory material existence." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/24
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.50-51
"Śrī Śukadeva Gosvāmī said: O King, for every created being the dearmost thing is certainly his own self. The dearness of everything else — children, wealth and so on — is due only to the dearness of the self." "For this reason, O best of kings, the embodied soul is self-centered: he is more attached to his own body and self than to his so-called possessions like children, wealth and home." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/50 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/51
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.14.52-54
"Indeed, for persons who think the body is the self, O best of kings, those things whose importance lies only in their relationship to the body are never as dear as the body itself." "If a person comes to the stage of considering the body “mine” instead of “me,” he will certainly not consider the body as dear as his own self. After all, even as the body is growing old and useless, one’s desire to continue living remains strong." "Therefore it is his own self that is most dear to every embodied living being, and it is simply for the satisfaction of this self that the whole material creation of moving and nonmoving entities exists." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/52 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/53 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/14/54
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.40.23
"O Supreme Lord, the living entities in this world are bewildered by Your illusory energy. Becoming involved in the false concepts of “I” and “my,” they are forced to wander along the paths of fruitive work." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/40/23
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.47.31
"Being composed of pure consciousness, or knowledge, the soul is distinct from everything material and is uninvolved in the entanglements of the modes of nature. We can perceive the soul through the three functions of material nature known as wakefulness, sleep and deep sleep." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/47/31
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.54.46
"O intelligent lady, the soul never undergoes contact with or separation from insubstantial, material objects, because the soul is their very origin and illuminator. Thus the soul resembles the sun, which neither comes in contact with nor separates from the sense of sight and what is seen." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/54/46
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.82.45-46
"Dear ladies, I am the beginning and end of all created beings and exist both within and without them, just as the elements ether, water, earth, air and fire are the beginning and end of all material objects and exist both within and without them." "In this way all created things reside within the basic elements of creation, while the spirit souls pervade the creation, remaining in their own true identity. You should see both of these — the material creation and the self — as manifest within Me, the imperishable Supreme Truth." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/82/45 & https://vedy.online/en/sb10/82/46
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.85.16
"By good fortune a soul may obtain a healthy human life — an opportunity rarely achieved. But if he is nonetheless deluded about what is best for him, O Lord, Your illusory Māyā will cause him to waste his entire life." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/85/16
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.87.31
"Neither material nature nor the soul who tries to enjoy her are ever born, yet living bodies come into being when these two combine, just as bubbles form where water meets the air. And just as rivers merge into the ocean or the nectar from many different flowers blends into honey, so all these conditioned beings eventually merge back into You, the Supreme, along with their various names and qualities." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/87/31
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 10.87.38
"The illusory material nature attracts the minute living entity to embrace her, and as a result he assumes forms composed of her qualities. Subsequently, he loses all his spiritual qualities and must undergo repeated deaths. You, however, avoid the material energy in the same way that a snake abandons its old skin. Glorious in Your possession of eight mystic perfections, You enjoy unlimited opulences." https://vedy.online/en/sb10/87/38
Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 11.3.4-5
"The Supersoul enters the material bodies of the created beings, activates the mind and senses, and thus causes the conditioned souls to approach the three modes of material nature for sense gratification." "The individual living being, the master of the material body, uses his material senses, which have been activated by the Supersoul, to try to enjoy sense objects composed of the three modes of nature. Thus he misidentifies the created material body with the unborn eternal self and becomes entangled in the illusory energy of the Lord." https://vedy.online/en/sb11/3/4 & https://vedy.online/en/sb11/3/5