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The evidence of the existence of the soul as an independent 25 dravya or substance
impels the legs, hands and other organs to move and function, is the soul. It can make the body act whenever it wants to; and at its will it can stop its movement. It is the Atmadravya or the soul that controls and directs all these.
(11) The existence of the soul is proved by the negation : "The soul is not existent". A thing can be negated only if it is existent somewhere. The inert objects are called Ajivas or the lifeless ones. If the object like the Jiva is not existent, then what is the Ajiv or the lifeless? In this world there are for instance Jains and Brahmins; so it can be said that there are non-Jains and non-Brahmins.
(12) The body is also called by other names such as the physical frame, the freshly coil etc. and they are the other names or synonyms for it. In the same manner, the Jiva has other names like the soul, the netana (the consciousness) etc. Various names are given only to an existent reality.
(13) Some people remember the past. Those reminsciences come up in the form of experiences. This kind of thing is possible only when the soul is different from the body; if the soul is independent; and if it has transmigrated from the Poorvajanma (an earlier life) to the present life. If the experiences of the earlier life were related to the body only and if the soul perished along with the body then how can the Jiva remember those experiences in this Janma? Is it possible for an entity to remember, the experiences of another entity. For instance, the son cannot remember the experiences that his father had in a foreign country.
(14) People sacrifice or discard something which they love for the sake of a happy and comfortable occupation. Though people like a certain occupation, they give it up and follow some other occupation for the sake of money. The wealth that is loved so much is spent for the sake of one's children and family. But even this happens. A person runs out of a house on fire to save himself from death, leaving his children and family in the blazing house.
Why is it so? We have to admit that man gives up something for the sake of some other thing which he loves more. Man
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