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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Pure Soul and its Infinite Treasure • 101
for ever the peace of the soul by destroying (by not allowing opposite changes to occur or enter the soul) continuously the ideas which are inimical to the nature of soul. In any one substance, there is a power which preserves the nature of the substance, and there is another power which never permits it to transgress and transmute to other substances. The infinite powers/dimensions of the soul can be apprehended through multi-dimensional approach and only then one can understand the apparent conflicting or opposing properties in a substance.
In this universe, all substances and their forms retain unitary nature and it is difficult to reject the dual nature of substances. One sided view distorts the real nature of the soul and hence explanation of the other/opposite aspects of the soul, though looks contrary, brings out the true nature of the soul and promotes better understanding of the same.
The one-sided view refers to the argument that knowledge flows from other objects. If there is a pitcher, one knows the pitcher, otherwise not. That is, a soul has no knowledge of its own and the existence of the pitcher gives rise to the knowledge of the pitcher. The soul does not have anything of its own. The real fact is that the soul is synonymous with knowledge and the pitcher does not know itself to be a pitcher and hence has no knowledge. Hence, a holistic view is necessary. Although a pitcher does not have knowledge, the pitcher gets reflected in the knowledge of the soul (the mirror reflects and other external objects get reflected in the mirror) and the soul in this context reflects/ knows. Thus, knowledge of a soul is not complete unless opposite qualities are analysed and understood.
Impurities such as anger, greed, etc., should be taken as conflicting or opposite properties. These do not constitute