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oxygen which are deprived of their gaseous nature so long as they remain locked up in each other's embrace as water. But it is not a case of actual annihilation of an attribute because the separation of substances is marked by the immediate restoration of their natural properties in full (Indian Philos. Rev. p. 155). Observation shows that the soul involved in impurity is unabie to enjoy its natural perfection in respect of knowledge, perception and happiness which, therefore, must be held in abeyance by some kind of forces operating on it. We thus get three different kinds of forces namely :(i) those which obstruct kuowledge (jnànâvar
niya), (ii) those that interfere with perception (darsa
navarniya), and (iii) those that stand in the way of happiness,
leaving the soul to experience pleasure and
pain through the senses (vedaniya). Besides these, observation also proves the existence of another kind of force, which does not permit the adoption of the right faith (Scientific Truth). The ener. gies falling under this head are divisible into two classes : those which interfere with the very acquisition of faith, and those that offer opposition to its being put into practice. To the former class belong such forces as prejudice, bigotry, false beliefs and all those other kinds of mental. energy-passions and emotions of the worst (anantanubandhi) type whose uncontrolled and uncontrollable impetuosity deprivesjone of the full and proper exercise
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