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ESSENCE OF SOUL
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dhist philosophy.13 In the Millind questionaire it has been shown that for the existence of anything a new state originates and the old one is destroyed and in this manner the continuous stream of origin and dcstruction continues. There is no gap of even a single moment in the operation of the process of origination and destruction and as one state gets destroyed the other state origmates For the same leason at the time of rebirth neither does the same soul exist nor is it absolutely changed into another one. As the last consciousness of one birth is destroyed the first consciousness of the second birth originates
Absolute Thcism:
The opinion regarding SOUL has been differently expressed by the Buddhist Philosophy But everyone of such expressions of philosophy end with the expression of the type of SOUL that the Buddhist philosoph” belices in Going into these conclusions we find that atleast so much is definite that the Buddhist philosoph about soul is not the atheistic type It is not the one that does not believe in rebirth, the theory of karma, heaven, hell and salvation The conclusion is that the Buddhist philosophy about the SOUL is based on theistic grounds and strongcst reflections of such theistic reflections of Gautam Buddha are found in Dirgha Nikay. Paması, the lung of Setyua, was a staunt atheist, He never believed in things like
13 Hindi translation p 49-50
