The Atman,Soul,or Supreme Self is housed in
the vehicle of the physical body.The body can
bleed,be made wet,or burnt to ashes;however,
such things do not effect the Soul.Christians
believe that the wicked shall be burned in the hereafter,but how does one burn spirit?
The act of burning is a physical-chemical ex-
perience wherein stored energy is released.
The physical body will be reduced to ashes
through cremation;however the Soul is released to return to its eternal abode..or
so it is for the liberated Soul.The Supreme
Self is without a beginning,undifferentiated,
deathless.Though it dwells in the body,Arjuna,it neither acts nor is touched by action.-BhagavadGita:13:31.