(ACBSP. Morning Walk, July 14, 1975, Philadelphia.) Svarupa Damodara: The question that I wrote to Srila Prabhupada, the answer that Srila Prabhupada gave me was that the cells in the body and the jivatma that resides in the heart, they are different living entities. But my understanding was directed to the relationship between the two, [...]

by Dr. T. D. Singh (H. H. Bhaktsvarupa Damodar Swami) In order to accommodate the different desires of living entities, material nature manifests in variegated qualities by the will of the Lord.  This material nature is broadly divided into three categories called three modes of nature (gunas) – sattvam (goodness), rajah (passion) and tamah (ignorance).  [...]