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separate utensils; in (the water of) all those utensils the image of moon appears separately-separatly, whereas the moon is one. Similarly, the consciousness light of Brahma is found separately-separately in many separate-separate bodies, whereas the Brahma isone, therefore, the consciousness found in Jivas is that of the Brahma.
This statement is also full of delusion because the body is inanimate; if in this body the consciousness got created due to the image of Brahma, why could not then the image of Brahma fall in other inanimate substances like jar, cloth, etc. and create consciousness in them?
Further, the monist says that the Brahma does not make the body conscious but makes the Jivas conscious.
Then we ask him - "Is the nature of Jiva chetana (conscious) or achetana (non-conscious)? If it is conscious then what would new consciousness be created in the already conscious Jivas? If Jiva is non-conscious then the category of body, jar, etc. and that of the Jiva proves to be the same. "Further, we ask him," - 'Is the consciousness of the Brahma and that of the "Jivas one and the same or separate? If it is one and the same then how is the knowledge seen more or less in different Jivas?" And why one Jiva does not know whatever is known by other Jiva? You might say that this is due to difference in embodi-ment of various Jivas. Then due to difference in embodiments, the consciousness of different Jivas is proved to be separateseparate. On destruction of embodiment, will the consciousness of the Jivas get intermingled in Brahma or get destroyed? Ifit will get destroyed then this Jiva will become inanimate. And if you will say that the Jiva itself gets intermingled with Brahma then there on intermingling with Brahma its own existence remains or does not remain? IfJiva's existence remains separate then that Jiva along with his own consciousness also existed (remained intact); what did then intermingle with Brahma? And if existence does not remain then it means it got destroyed; who did then intermingle with Brahma? If you will say that the consciousness of Brahma and that of the Jivas are separate then the Brahma and all Jivas prove to be separateseparate. Thus, the belief that the consciousness of the Jivas and that of the Brahma are one and the same is also disproved. For Private & Personal Use Only
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