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And then Mahavir said in his serene voice
Indrabhuti, you are a scholar of the Vedas and Vedantas and still you nurture doubt about soul?
Indrabhuti took a step forward and asked humbly
Devarya, are body and soul two independent entities?
Indrabhuti at once realized
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What? How does he know about the doubt in my mind?
Indrabhuti, does your doubt about the soul not indicate that body and soul are separate. Consider that what has been. termed as Vignandhan (pure knowledge) in the Vedas is not the material body but the soul. Who is it that has doubt or knowledge-body or soul?
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Oh! Darkness under the lamp! The teacher of knowledge is himself filled with ignorance.
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