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________________ ( 128 ) direct evidence does not reach the subject of inference. The learned accept the application of direct evidence to objects which are of the same nature. The illustration of a wall-picture which you gave is also inapplicable. The picture is lifeless, the act of going is not natural, the soul is conscious and migrates by the force of its actions. These being the discrepancies, how does your illustration apply to the subject to be explained. Just as Devdutta having dwelt in a village for a time leaves it and removes to another village, so the soul having given up a body in a particular region, migrates to another region and assumes a different body. Your statement about the sensation being the product of body is not correct. It may be that perceptions such as we have through our senses such as eges &c are partly due to the body owing to their concern with the organs of senses but it is absolutely wrong to contend that the mental knowledge springs from the body. Does the mental knowledge
SR No.007301
Book TitleChicago Prashnottar
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorVijayanandsuri
PublisherAtmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal
Publication Year1918
Total Pages240
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size19 MB
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