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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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The king highly applauded his strength of character and tenacity of clinging to the vow once undertaken and engaged one jinadasa in the services of ill Vankachula.
Jinadas said to Vankachula, "Brother, Soul descended on this earth is alone and shall depart alone. Relatives and friends, companions, wealth and riches are only the traps of enticements. Do not therefore, keep your soul entangled in them. Five great gods are the only resorts. I therefore, recite the hymn which contains prostrations to the great five gods. Listen to it patiently." Then Jinadase recited divine phrases one by one and Vankachula offered his prostrations to the great five gods. His soul departed from his frail body to be produced as god in the twelfth heaven. Just watch, what benefits are rewarded by maintaining the vows once undertaken.
The substance is, that the rites and vows which are ordained by the great for acquiring religious merits are all the forms of religion. Thus it becomes difficult to enumerate all the forms of religion, but all these forms of religion aim at spiritual bliss—welfare of the soul.
That is religion which elevates or which upholds the Soul. Further discussions will be held at the proper occasion.
