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one the soul where one should atta- ever powerful cannot enlighten the ch one's mind is also momentary. other rooms if it is confined and Thus non-attachment to every sub- closed in one room. It can only stance particularly worldly substan- enlighten that room where it is put. ce is the background of Buddhist Similar is the condition of the soul. theories like forca etc. According The soul though TF1 F269 and to them in this word सर्ग दुःखम् चौतन्य स्वरूप has no power to act
gg and this is due to atta- outside its own body. The soul enchments to the worldly objects joys happiness or misery through which are in fact momentary but the body only. He does good or creatures under the pressure of bad deeds through the body only. gaat believe them to be lasting, Outside the body one cannot feel
the existence of the soul. Body is Thus Buddhist belief not acce
the place of art. It is the confinepting soul as an eternal substance is
ment of the soul. This does not due to their desire to free human be
mean that the soul is bodily measings from the wrong attachment
ured. It only means that the power which is the cause of all miseries.
of the soul or consciousness is The third heterodox system
limited so long it is connected is the Jaina system. It is alleged
with the body. It can be limitless that Jainas believe the soul though
when it is freed from the body while different from the body, it is body
attaining Aru. Thus, it should be neasured. i. e. the measure of the soul is just according to the body
noted that the soul as accepted by
the Jainas is not bodily measured, of the creature. Thus, the soul of
but bodies are the different confinean ant is just small like the body
ment of the soul just like different of an ant and that of avelephant is
rooms without windows are the as big as the body of the elephant.
confinement of different lights. This is purely a misunderstanding regarding the Jaina conception Now we come to orthodox of soul by many Indian philosophical system. They are six in all namellysystems. They state that the Atma il) piec () OTT (3) FOTO 8) of Jainas is AEJA OfTorfad. But in aethit (. Hatal. (E) azia. Out of 1 fact, it is not so. According to the these six systems except Vedanta Jaina system the soul is aan Fa&. all are realist. Vedanta is the ideaIt is ever shining. It is just like a list system. Among realist systems powerful light. But the light how there is different of opinion rega
