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12. Religion is the pond, celibacy is its sacred shrine ( ghāta )
which is full of tranquillity and placid with serene thought process of soul. Having made ablution there, I become pure, clean, thoroughly cooled and devoid of impurity.
— Utta. Sū. 12.46
13. The soul is the knower and the knower is the soul.
Through knowledge, the soul comprehends itself as well as the external world. This attribute of knowing is exclusive to the soul.
--- Ācā. Sū. 2.5.5.104-105
14. My soul goes on reincarnating. Only he ( who compre
hends the doctrine of transmigration ) is believer in the doctrines of objective reality of soul, real existence of the world, reaping the fruits of one's action, and in the doctrine that actions are the cause of the bondage of the soul.
- Ācā. Sū. 1.1.1
Three
Nature of the Soul
1. Know for certain that the soul ( Jiva ) is the abode of
excellent virtues, the best among the substances and supreme among the realities.
-- Dvā. Anu. 204
2. Souls ( Jīvas ) are of three kinds -- external, internal
and supreme. The supreme soul is of two kinds (i) enlightened ( Arhat) and (ii) liberated ( Siddha).
- Mo. Pā. 4
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