Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul

SR No.: 023322
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani
Publisher: Mohanlal D Mehta
Publication Year: 1963
Total Pages: 568
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 39 MB

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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
how could the vermins enter? Thus I, for myself hold that body and soul are one and the same and those vermins must have been generated from the body."
Acharya, “Oh King, have you seen red hot iron ? Have you personally heated it ?”
King, “Yes, your honour, I have seen and heated the iron myself."
Acharya, "How could fire enter that solid iron ? Fire could enter despite the iron being non-porous and in the same manner Soul is very swift in entering everywhere and anywhere. So the souls which you saw in the cistern have crept in from without. King :-"Your honour, Once I got weighed a living thief, then I killed him and weighed him again. I found no difference in his weight at all. If body and soul are distinct entities, there should have been atleast some decrease in weight; but there was no decrease and therefore, body and soul are one and the same. Thus I contend." Acharya :-"Oh King, have you ever filled a leather bag with air or do you get it filled ? Is there any difference in an empty bag or a bag filled with air ?” King :-"No your honour, there is no difference." Acharya :-"Oh, King, there is no difference in weight of an empty bag and that of an air-filled bag. Does it therefore, mean that the bag did not contain air ? Such a statement, being contrary to reality is not authentic.
Oh King, Weight or gravity is an attribute of a lifeless matter and touch is necessary for its cognisance; i.e. a matter cannot be weighed until it is touched and caught. So how can an entity quite distinct from matter, which cannot be touched and caught, be weighed ?"
King :-Oh Lord, Once a thief sentenced to death was cut to pieces by me and I tried to search out soul therefrom. But in none of the pieces soul was found and so my contention that body and soul are not distinct entities is justified.”
Acharya : Oh King, It is well-known in the world that fire resides in Arni sticks. Can fire be found if every peace of stick is cut into small pieces and inquired into? If fire does not reside