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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
Non-enlightened Souls continue wandering in this world for endless time as their false belief is never eradicated. They all the while cherish in their false belief. Question : Whether these non-enlightened Souls possess know
ledge ? Reply: Knowlege is the very nature of Soul therefore, these
Souls do possess knowledge as all other souls ; but if you mean right knowledge by 'Knowledge', then these souls do not possess such right knowledge. Knowledge with correctness of belief is called "right knowledge". These non-enlightened
souls do not possess such correctness of view. Question : Whether these non-enlightened souls possess the
knowledge of principles laid down in the scriptures ? Reply: They might possess it but they do not possess right
knowledge. Question : Can the knowledge of the principles laid down in the
sacred scriptures not be called right knowledge ? Reply: If such knowledge of the principles is rightly enter.
tained then only it can be termed as right knowledge or else it is false-knowledge. Just as milk digested by a Cobra is transformed into poison, knowledge of scriptural principles acquired by a person with false beliefs also results in false knowledge. A person initiated into monkhood mastering Sacred Scriptures and acquiring the status of Acharya is likely to be non-enlightened. Narrative of Angar-Mardaka Suri shall support our contention.
NARRATIVE OF ANGAR-MARDAKASURI Acharya Shri Vijayasensuri accompanied by his large band of disciples halted in the city Kshiti-Pratisthita. That night a disciple dreamt that five hundred elephants lead by a boar are coming over to him.
Some of the dreams cast their shadows of future events in advance and carry specific significance. Such dreams should be revealed before the God, the preceptor or in the ear of a cow.
In the morning he politely revealed the contents of the dream to
