Book Title: Chicago Prashnottar
Author(s): Vijayanandsuri
Publisher: Atmanand Jain Pustak Pracharak Mandal

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________________ ( 54 ) it will certainly change its condition and when there is such a change, Dualism comes in of itself. When a man preaches Advaitism to another man it is taken for granted that another man exists. To be preaching monism to another man and at the same time believing in its truths is just like saying that one's father has been a celibate from his birth. Certainly such a man is devoid of all sense. Believing in the existence of oneself and of another is nothing else than Dualism. To believe in monism is therefore destitute of all reasoning. 37. Q-The existence of one Supreme soul is enough to show the baselessness of all knowledge relating to differences. NOTE: If the serpent has not been seen before, how can it be seen in a rope. It is owing to the previous observation or non-observation that illusion or non-illusion occurs, A. This argument of yours is also wrong in asmuch as the existence of one Supreme soul has not been proved. If there is such an existence is it selfevident or proved by the help of some

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