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corporeal karmas? How come the conscious soul combines with the material body? If we think of the two as constantly in opposition, then we would never be able to answer the question. If we however accept the possibility that the two are not constantly in opposition then we can come up with answers. If they were in constant opposition, they would not be able to be together at all.
The son said, “Father! I will not dine with you from now on. I want to be a separate entity.” The father said, “No problem. Till now you were dining with me. Today I will dine with you."
Similar is the relation between the sentient and the insentient. They are never separate, they are always together. They make use of each other fully. The sentient is making use of the insentient and the insentient of the sentient. The sentient holds on to the insentient and the insentient to the sentient. The rule is that the conflict between the two is never total. The dissimilarity between the two is also not total. There is a similarity also between the two. All the attributes of objects are complementary to each other. Only modes differ. When we look at the world in terms of the differing modes then all we see is
Acharya Mahaprajna
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