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ESSENCE OF SOUL asked the king.
'"No, my Saint'" was the reply.
"O, King then are these poles, the axle and the wheels put together the chariot”, asked Nagsen.
“No, O! saint,” Nagsen sard.
“Then 0, King is the chariot something different from the pole etc" said Nagsen again.
“No, Sir!" Nagsen said.
"O' King!" said Nagsen, "I am tired of asking questions of you still I have not been able to discover what the chariot is Afterall what your chariot is? Do you speak a lie that there is no chariot? O, King, you are the mightiest king in the whole of Jambu Dwip. Due to wohse fear do you speak that lie ?"
"O, Great Saint"" said King Millind to Nagsen, "I am not speaking a lie The poles, the axle and the wheels etc are just parts of the chariot but it is customary that we call it a chariot"
"Very good, O, King!" said Nagsen, "Afterall you have known what the chariot is In the same way because of the hair etc, it is only customary that you give to all these things the name Nagsen; but spiritually there exists nothing by the name of Nagsen" It is in this conversation that we discover a very true and apt explanation of Soul according to Buddhist, philosophy.
