Body

Body is like a horse driven carriage which is carrying a passenger to its destination.

5 senses (eyes, ears, nose, tongue and flesh) are means of learning by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching.

5 other parts of body (hands, feet, mouth, sexual and waste organs) perform deeds.

All these 10 parts of the body are the 10 horses of the human cart. Where Mind is the control, brain is the operator and the soul is the passenger.

The only way, the passenger will get to its destination, if the operator follows instructions from the passenger and has control over the horses. In a situation, when the operator is sleeping or intoxicated, there will not be any control over the horses, they will go anywhere they wish to go, the passenger will never reach to its destination.

So the brain has to be very clear and strong to control the mind and the body, in order to achieve the soul’s goal. Thus, the brain is the most important part of human life.

The goal of the soul is to achieve (long lasting) happiness. To achieve happiness, one has to:

1. get the right knowledge,
2. do the good deeds, and
3. meditate

There is a process and training of oneself, to achieve this goal.

On the other hand, bad deeds (e.g. untruthfulness, injustice) knowingly and unknowingly, lead to miseries.

The human body is considered to be a rented one. It continuously requires rent in the form of air, water and food.

It is said that the human body is great, but the mind is greater, brain is much greater and the soul is the greatest.

Ref: Kathopnishad