Gandharavada

SR No.: 006739
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Esther A Solomon
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyasabha
Publication Year: 1966
Total Pages: 400
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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a substance, then there is the contingency of its being ubiquitous, -(the reply is) this is not so as inference goes against it.
(1843) What obstinate insistence could there be regarding eternality ? Everything is characterised by origination, destruction, duration. The reference to it (soul) as non-eternal, etc. is only by assigning another mode (i. e. only when a specific mode is prominently in view).
(1844) What is the place for the emancipated soul (i. e. where does the emancipated soul stay) ? (Reply-) The summit of the three worlds. (Q :) How does it move? (R--) This is explained by transformation into movement of this kind when it is light of karman (i. e. free from karman).
(1845) (Mandika) If it (soul) is non-corporeal, how can it have activity ? (Reply-) Mandika, what is there on the earth that is sentient and non-corporeal ? As sentiency is its particular attribute, so also is activity recognised (as a particular attribute) of the soul (even when it is non-corporeal).
(1846) Or it is recognised as being active on account of its being the doer, etc. like å potter; or because the movements of the body are directly perceived, like a machine-man.
(1847) If it be said that effort is the cause of the bodily movements, that too is not found in what is inactive. If it is thought that unseen (adřsta) is the cause, -if it is non-corporeal we come to the same position. . (1848) If it be corporeal, it must be the (karmic) body and à cause must be pointed out for its movement (and so on). And it is not proper to regard non-sentient things as having specific movements (naturally).
(1849) (Mandika-) The movement may be there while it is in the worldly existence. But by what is it caused when it (soul) is free from karman ? (Reply-) Verily, that is on account of transformation into movement; as consummation occurs (on the destruction of karman) so that (motion) too occurs.