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Second Doubt regarding Everlastingness of Soul
transformation is thus the law of nature. Nothing stays in the same form and changes occur every moment. When that is the general experience, how is it possible to believe that the soul does not undergo change and stays in the same form forever? It must also be undergoing change.
This doubt of the pupil is identical to the Buddhist belief. Lord Buddha had propounded that everything is transitory; nothing stays forever and continual change is the order of the universe. He therefore argued against the eternity of anything and refused to accept the everlastingness of soul. To most of the people, that theory seemed reasonable and in accordance with their experience. Millions of people therefore adopted it and became the followers of Buddha.
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