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EXISTENCE OF THE Soul
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Jnánasvabhavah syudâtmâ svâbhâvâvâpti rachutih, Tasmîdachyuti ma känkshan bha vayej Jnana bhå
| van m 174, Mamamyama yam mam matta brantế bha carnate Nânyô hamahamevahaman yönyó nyohmasti na 243. Ajátónasvaró murtah Kartâ bhoktâ sukhî budhah;. Dehamâtró malairmuktô • gatvordhva machalah
prabhuh : 266.
“The soul has the nature of knowledge, and the realisation of this nature is Nirvana ; therefore one who is desirous of Nirvâna must meditate upon self-knowledge.” 174.
“Having maintained myself as another, and another as myself, and being deluded, I have wandered in this Ocean of Worldly existence (Samsara) ; (really) I am not the other, I am the I, another is another, another is not l." 243.
“ This unshakeable Lord (soul) is uncreated, eternal, non-material, doer and enjoyer of one's own self, blissful, knower, free from impurities and is of the size of the body it occupies.”
Tatvârthasara by Sri Amritchandra Acharya. पश्यति स्वखरूपं यो जानाति च चरत्यपि । दर्शनशान चारित्र त्रयमात्मैव स स्मृतः ॥ Paśyati svasvarūpam yo jânâti cha charatyapi Darśanajnâna châritra trayamâtmâiva sa smrutah.
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