Imagine walking past a homeless person. His desperate eyes catch yours as he asks, “can you spare (you should be spare) some change, please look to your soul.” If you were to look deeply into a mirror beyond the external appearances of the face and see into the inner sanctum: what would you find? Why do people refer to the soul before the actions of the body, and why do they associate the soul with a higher state of harmony? In the short novel Bhagavad Gita, Krishna, Prince Vrishni believes that the only way to achieve ultimate harmony is to reject the body, including the brain, and embrace the soul. Throughout the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna explains that the eternal power of the atman or “soul” is the all-encompassing force on the body, while the body itself is considered an unpretentious vehicle that produces the movements and decisions of the soul. Although Krishna emphasizes that the soul is more powerful than the body, he also believes that the soul is more powerful than the mind. Krishna describes the body in relation to the soul in the first revelation during the great battle. Arjuna finds himself in a situation where he must choose to fight and kill his family in war (11). Krishna encourages Arjuna to fight, because nothing on Earth can harm the atman. Krishna believes that “these bodies have an end; but they are said to belong to the eternal incarnate self, that which is never lost and cannot be measured (21).” For Krishna, bodies are not significant because the body will only be a temporary container. War is necessary in the eyes of Krishna as the atman will still survive death regardless of the circumstances. This idea of ​​the body being worthless to humanity is the central theme in Krishna theory. The body for him is a simple container which... is a medium of paper... the atman which takes control. The Bhagavad Gita shows that the body is considered second to the soul. Through the practice of body rejection, an individual will conquer the art of yoga. For Krishna, yoga is the way to achieve mediation and peace, which will allow the atman to be one with Brahman. The larger realization is that the body is not the path to Brahman. Arjuna must reject his personal beliefs and the temptations of his body to encourage the soul to take over him. The body is described as negative because the body has no real purpose in life other than to contain the soul. The soul is considered to be the main reason for the body's movements and thought process. The soul cannot be harmed while the body can be destroyed. This is the philosophy contained in the Bhagavad Gita that the body is temporary, but the soul will live forever and become part of the greater good. Works Cited Bhagavad Gita