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The characteristic of the soul is knowledge. We can say that wherever the soul is, there is knowledge, that is, knowing. Knowledge and the soul are inseparable. Every living being, whether it be a human being or an animal or a microscopic insect, has knowledge. It is another matter that due to the different types of karmic coverings on different souls, there may be more or less knowledge in different beings, but it never happens that where there is a soul, there is no knowledge.
If we consider knowledge to be the characteristic of the body, then there should be more knowledge in a large body and less knowledge in a small body. But this is contrary to experience. In addition, we would have to accept the existence of knowledge in a corpse, which is not the case.
We can compare the knowledge-quality of the soul to the light of the sun and the karmic covering to the clouds. Although the sun is emitting light, we cannot see the sun when clouds come. If the clouds are dense, we get very little light, and as the density of the clouds decreases, we get more and more light. The same thing should happen in the case of the development of knowledge and the karmic covering.
Light is in its entirety
Light is in its entirety
Every living being exhibits emotions such as joy, sorrow, love, hatred, etc. These emotions are not of the physical body of the living being. If these emotions were the qualities of physical matter, they should have been found in all physical matter at all times; but this is not the case. Like consciousness, these emotions are only found in living beings. Therefore, these emotions also make us aware of some immaterial substance present in the body, and that immaterial substance is called the soul.
There is no obstacle to the existence of countless souls in one region, because the soul is an immaterial substance. It does not have form, taste, smell, touch - which are the qualities of physical matter. Therefore, at the same time, in the same place, one
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