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This one lives and that one goes far ahead. One is freed from yellow disease and the other shakes hands with great wrestlers. One lives long and the other becomes a guest of Yama even after a hundred efforts. One's desire is fulfilled and the other's is not. The power that was in Mahavira, Buddha and Shankaracharya was not in their parents. Hemchandracharya's parents cannot be considered because of his image. His guru was also not the main reason for his brilliance, because Devchandra Suri had other disciples besides him. Then what is the reason that people don't even know the names of other disciples and Hemchandracharya's name is famous? The unique power that is seen in Mrs. Annie Besant was not in her parents and not in her daughter either.
Considering the above examples, it becomes clear that all the extraordinary things seen in this birth are neither the result of the work of the present birth, nor the strength of the parents, nor only the circumstances. Therefore, the limit of the existence of the soul should be considered even before the beginning of the womb. That is the previous birth. The impressions accumulated by desire or tendency in the previous birth, on the basis of them, the above doubts and anomalies are solved consistently. By the same method by which one previous birth is proved, the tradition of many previous births is also proved, because unlimited knowledge cannot be the result of the practice of one birth. Thus, the soul is proved to be eternal, different from the body. The eternal element is never destroyed, this principle is accepted by all philosophers. It is also said in the Gita:
Naasato vidyate bhavo na bhavo vidyate sataha. - Geeta, Chapter 2, Verse 16
Not only this, but many questions cannot be solved without accepting the existence of the soul after the present body. There are many people who live a righteous life in this birth, but they remain poor, and others are also seen who get irritated even after hearing the name of justice, morality and religion, but they are happy in every way. Many such individuals can be found who are themselves...