Pure Soul and Its Infinite Treasure

SR No.: 007661
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jayantilal Jain
Publisher: University of Madras
Publication Year: 2010
Total Pages: 283
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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is a human being', identifying oneself with the body. This property shows that even when associated with a human body, the soul has not become a human. Infinite bodies have been associated with the soul but all the properties are still intact and hence one should look at the soul separately, even when residing in a human body.
One body goes, the other comes, the other goes, the third one comes and so on but the soul remains the same. The body is inanimate, unconscious and without knowledge but the soul is characterised by knowledge, consciousness, etc. When one considers that he is identical to the body, one forgets the soul. The soul knows the body, but it does not become the body, just as a diamond's reflection can be seen in a mirror but the mirror does not become a diamond. Both remain independent and do not give up any of their characteristics. Similarly, the soul knows about fire, water, mangoes, poison, etc., but the soul does not become fire, etc., nor acquires any property such as becoming warm, liquid, sweet or poisonous. Even after knowing these objects, its self-pervading nature of knowledge is common among these objects. An ignorant thinks that he is affected by each object that he knows, forgetting that knowing is just like a reflection in the mirror where neither of the objects are affected.
Further, feelings of attachment and aversion have been with the soul from time infinite, but the soul has not been transformed or affected by these feelings. All such feelings get associated with the soul at times but only momentarily and the same distortions do not continue for long. However, the soul with its infinite properties eternally remains the
same.