Beyond Doubt

Author(s): Padmasagarsuri
Publisher: Arunoday Foundation

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so also logic is the yardstick of Reality (truth).
A person was very much interested in treating his friends with delicious food. One day he bought a litre of milk and asked his wife to prepare Kheer (Payasam) for he had invited one of his friends for lunch, and went away saying that he will return with his friend after some time. His wife prepared the sweet dish and tasted a litle, to see if it was tasty and well prepared. She liked it so much that she could not resist her temptation to eat the whole dish she su prepared for her husband and the guest. Later when her husband came home with his friend, and did not find the 'Kheer' in the dining plate, he enquired from his wife about the dish. His wife said that their pet cat drank all the milk and so she was unable to prepare Kheer. The husband did not believe this, and went to the grocer's shop and came with a balance. He weighed the cat and found it to be only of one kg weight. He asked his wife, "If this is the milk, where is the cat and if this is the cat, then where is the milk?".
It was with sheer logic and reason that the gentleman was able to catch the real thief. The wife repented for her mistake and KB asked her husband for forgiveness. To sageguard and protect the principles, from false conceptions becoming a part of it, it is necessary to be well - versed in logic and right reasoning and take their help when ever need be. Thus the contradictory statements of all sacred books can be interpreted correctly and understood perfectly
In one particular text of the Vedas, it is written that the body is born on the combination of the 'Pancha Mahabhutas' and the body emerges into the five elements after death. Hence there is no 713 scope of a third entity called Atman, to exist. But in many other texts in the Vedas itself the Atman is described to be :
"स वै अयं आत्मा ज्ञानमयंः HATI..
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