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EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL
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Anád yanantamachalam swasamvedya midam sphutam, Jivah svayamtu chaitanya muchchai schaka
chakâyate--9/2. “The nature of the soul is distinct from the nature of the non-soul; it is full of its own attributes, is eternal, independent, devoid of different notions. The soul is realized through the real point of view."--10/1.
“The soul is without a beginning or an end. It is steady, realizable by its own self; is itself conscious and quite apparent to the wise.”—9/2.
This is the nature of Nirvana also. Page 178 of The Doctrine of the Buddha :
“No eye can see it, no ear hear it, no nose smell it, no tongue taste it, no touching touch it, no brain think it any more ; because the subjective within us thus lies beyond all perception.—“There is a refuge beyond this sensual world.” (M. I. 38).
Sacred Books of the East, Vol. XI (1881) by. T. W. Rhys Davids. Mahaparinibbhana Sutta Ch. II S. 33.
“Therefore, O Ananda, be ye lamps to yourselves. Be ye refuge to yourselves. Be take yourself to no external refuge. Hold fast as a refuge to the Truth. Look not for refuge to any one besides yourself.”
S. 35.--" Whoever shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall reach the very topmost height."
These passages also show the pure nature of the soul.
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