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hand if there does exist a world hereafter what will. be the position of an immoral atheist?"
Proof for the Existence of Soul
The learned saints who succeeded Lord Mahavira, the author of Agamas, too had decisive and definite views on the subject of soul. They created magnificient literature on this subject and held lofty dis-courses and defeated materialism with their compelling force of arguments. It is not possible to press into this book the whole history of such of their activities. But we are giving some noteworthy and good thoughts on this subject, picked up at random from important works, which are worthy of seriouspondering.
1. "The existence of the soul is proved from the world soul itself We cannot have an unreal designation of a derivative word "28
2. "The very thought whether the soul exists or not proves its existence, because Devdatta can think whether this is a pillar or a man while an inanimate substance cannot "129
3. "By seeing a pot we can have an idea of its maker-the potter. In the same way on seeing a body
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