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Chapter 9: Pupil's Third Doubt regarding the Soul being Kartä
132 acquire Karma by virtue of nature, it cannot escape from that. No substance can give up its properties. The soul will therefore continue to acquire Karma, if it happens to be its property. As such, there is no purpose in pursuing the path of liberation.
The concept of liberation is based on averting Karma. By virtue of acquisition of Karma, the soul has to take birth in order to bear the consequences. Since it is mostly involved in unwholesome Karma, it begets unfavorable situations and as such undergoes misery and pain associated with that. Ifit is to be freed from that, it needs to avoid acquiring Karma. However, if acquisition of Karma is not within its nature, the questions of avoiding it does not arise. Alternately, if the acquisition occurs on its own, the soul would be helpless in the matter. Therefore the pupil argues that there is no point in talking about liberation
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