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aim of their lives. The animals get up in the
morning and start eating straightaway or go
away searching for food. If a human being
follows suit, how is he different from the
animals? For a human being, food is the
means, not the goal. The final goal is soul,
realisation of soul.
Company of the noble persons, religious
discourses, lectures, Tr- • etc. are meant for
human beings, not for the animals. The
learned people take care of soul alongwith
the body. He knows that the soul, though living
in the body, is more valuable than the body.
The man, residing in the house, is more
important than the house itself. The body is a
means, so are house, money and other things
of comfort. The soul is the end, the
accomplishment. Says Gita, "know the soul.
The man can reach the Supreme Soul through
the individual soul only." The man of the
present age is knowledgeable, yet wants to