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The statement of self-time is like the joints of the thumb, some people say. This is not so, because if the soul were so small, it could not be present in the body it has obtained due to its own past karma. That soul is found pervading from all the limbs to the skin. This creates a situation that proves that the soul is pervading the entire body up to the skin.
The soul that is in the state of samsara is bound by karma from time immemorial. It is not established in its own nature - it is not situated. Therefore, despite being formless, it has a relationship with the form of karma. There is no obstacle in it. Due to being bound with karma, it passes through many types of states, such as subtle, gross, one-sense, two-sense, three-sense, four-sense, five-sense, sufficient and insufficient.
If the soul is momentary in its solitary form, then meditation, study, effort and recognition etc. do not occur in it - they do not last. If it is considered eternal in its solitary form, then it cannot be transformed into the states of hell, animal, human and god. Therefore, the soul is eternal in one respect and non-eternal in another. More elaboration is needed in this regard.
Just as one stupa of the earth appears in many ways, so too, O friend, the whole world appears in many ways.
Commentary - Now the author presents the monism or non-dualism discussed earlier under the discussion of the first proposition as the opposing view. To understand the meaning of the statement, an example is given. The word "yathā" indicates an example, and the word "cha" means "and". It should be seen after the words "different order" and "one". The stupa of the earth is the real stupa of the earth, the group of earth, the constituent part, and even though it is one, it appears in many forms - it is seen as diverse due to being the basis of rivers, seas, mountains, cities, settlements, etc., or it is seen as diverse due to being low, high, soft, hard, red, yellow, etc. But there is no difference in the earth element due to this difference. In the same way, "O friend", the whole world - conscious and unconscious - is one wise being. This is the heart of the matter - the one soul, the wise being, the mass of knowledge, appears in many forms like earth, etc., and there is no difference in the soul element due to this. Thus it is said:
"One is the soul of beings, established in every being. It is seen in one way and in many ways, like water and the moon."
And "This whole thing, whatever is wonderful, whatever is to be, the lord of immortality, whatever grows by food, whatever moves, whatever does not move, whatever is far, whatever is near, whatever is within, whatever is outside of all this, is indeed the Purusha." This is dualism.
_ Commentary - Now the author presents the monism or non-dualism discussed earlier under the discussion of the first proposition as the opposing view.
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