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Ätmasiddhi
pupil talks, indicates that there is a soul within him, and that soul continues to exist while he speaks. To call it transitory would mean that the existing soul itself states that it is transitory. Isn't it absurd to state that? The Guru therefore asks him to ponder over that and to find out and determine for himself that his soul is not transitory.
કયારે કોઈ વસ્તુનો, કેવળ હોય ન નાશ; ચેતન પામે નાશ તો, જેમાં ભળે તપાસ.
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Kyäre Koi Vastuno, Keval Hoy Na Näsh; Chetan Päme Näsh To, Kemän Bhale Tapas?
No substance can ever be entirely destroyed; if consciousness is destroyed,
find out wherein it can merge.
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Explanation & Discussion:
The Guru now turns to a scientific truth. Nothing that exists can be entirely destroyed. There can be alterations, whereby a substance would undergo changes in its states. In other words, while retaining its existence, the substance gives up the old state and assumes a new one. Jainism calls this
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