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believes also in one supreme soul. They are almost like the Vedantists in this point, they believe the individual souls to exist, only phenomenally, and admit of Iswara the supreme eternal soul. The Kapila philosophy appeared to Patanjali to involve a self-contradiction. The Purusha being considered by Kapila as eternal, immortal and uncon. ditioned, the plurality of such a Purusha would involve its being limited and would render the character of it self-contradictory."
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The Prakriti though considered as a primordial essence is regarded as consisting of three constituent principles in a state of equipoise called Gunas. The Gunas are, Sattva, Rajas and Tamas meaning respectively 'goodness or purity, passion or activity darkness or ignorance.' Although they are called Gunas, these constituents are elementary substances possessing certain qualities, rather than qualities, themselGunas ves. These three are like a triple cord by which the soul like an animal iş
Shree Sudharmaswami Gyanbhandar-Umara, Surat
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