Atma Siddhi

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra, J L Jaini
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram

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ATMA-SIDDHI
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1. The Soul.
45 The Pupil Doubts the Existence of
the Soul. नथी दृष्टिमां आवतो, नथी जणातुं रूप । बीजो पण अनुभव नहीं, तेथीन जीव स्वरूप ॥४५॥
अदृश्यत्वादरूपित्वाजीवो नास्त्येव मेदभाक् । अनुभूतेरगम्यत्वान्नृशङ्गत्येव केवलम् ॥ ४५ ॥
It can not be seen. It has no form; there is no other similar way of experiencing it. Therefore there is no Soul.
46 अथवा देह ज आतमा, अथवा इंद्रिय प्राण । मिथ्या जूदो मानवो, नहीं जूहूँ ऐधाण ॥४६॥
देह एव वा जीवोऽस्ति प्राणरूपोऽथवा स च। इन्द्रियात्मा तथा मन्यो नैवं भिन्नो हलक्षणः ॥ ४६॥ NS
Either the Soul is body itself or it is only the senses and vitalities. Therefore it is wrong to take it as separate (from the body), theave senses, vitalities, and respirations, for there is no sign of its being so separate.
Commentary.-See my "The living and the non-living substances", in the Jaina Gazette, Vol. XV. No. 4 for October 1919.
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