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EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL
(6) Five-sensed rational beings such as human beings, celestial beings, hellish beings; four-legged animals like cows, buffaloes, deer, dogs, cats; birds, such as pigeons, peacocks, crows, parrots, and fishes, crocodile, tortoise, etc. They have got mind also in addition and thus have all the ten vitalities.
As the soul is really indestructible, injury to any of these vitalities is called Himsa. As a substance, matter is also indestructible, only dis-arrangement of material vitalities is the material injury. Passionate thought-activity is the internal cause of causing hurt to external vitalities. The number and value of vitalities injured, means lesser or greater sin. The least injury is caused in the destruction of one-sensed beings.
From the practical point of view, the soul is living on account of these vitalities. Really consciousness is the vitality which never leaves the soul.
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Conscious-attentiveness-It is of two kinds —
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Conation or perception and knowledge.
Conation is of four kinds :-(1) Conation through the eye, (2) Conation through any sense other than the eye or mind, (3) Clairvoyant conation, (4) Infinite conation.
Knowledge is of eight kinds (1) Mati Jnâna is knowledge derived through the senses and mind
(2) Śruta Jnâna is knowledge derived through objects known by sensitive knowledge or the knowledge of the books.
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