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(A) NYĀYA DOCTRINE OF THE 'SELF.
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TEXT (185).
ALL SUBSEQUENT COGNITIONS ARE APPREHENDED BY THAT SAME COGNISER WHO APPREHENDED THE FIRST COGNITION IMMEDIATELY ON BIRTH, BECAUSE THEY ARE MY COGNITIONS, -LIKE THAT FIRST FORERUNNER OF
THOSE COGNITIONS."-(185)
COMMENTARY.
Like the first forerunner, etc.-.e. the first forerunner of all subsequent cognitions.-(185)
In proof of the omnipresence of the Soul, the same writer sets forth the following argument " The Earth, Water, Air and Mind which are things under dispute, are at a distance from my Soul, and yet they are in contact with that Soul,-a) because they have material form,- (b) because they have velocity--(e) because they have priority and posteriority,-(0) because they are associated with, and dissociated from, each other, just like my own body".
This argument is set forth in the following Text
TEXT (186).
* EARTH AND THE REST, EVEN THOUGH EXISTING AT A PLACE REMOTE FROM ME, ARE YET CONNECTED WITH MY SOUL-BECAUSU THEY HAVE A MATERIAL FORM, ETC., -JUST LIKE MY OWN
BODY."-(186)
COMMENTARY The next Text sums up the arguments of the protagonists of the Soul
TEXT (187).
"THUS THE EXISTENCE, ETERNALITY AND OMNIPRESENCE OF THE SOUL BEING DEFINITELY PROVED,-IT BECOMES ESTABLISHED THAT
NOTHING IS SOUL-LESS."-(187)
COMMENTARY
The following Text proceeds to answer the above arguments (of the upholders of the Soul) :
