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fear. It is also overpowered by alcohol etc. Similarly, respirations are obstructed by covering the mouth and nose etc. by hand-palms. It is also obstructed by cough. The mattergic entity cannot cause obstructions etc. in non-mattergic entities. 38. The above activities of respiration etc. prove the existence of embodied soul as they effect the soul. These activities prove the existence of soul in the same way as the mechanical instrument or device leads to infer the existence of its maker or user. They cannot be there until there is the subject. They cannot be accidental as they are observed to be based on causative law. They cannot be due to Buddhistic Vijnāna as it is nonconscious and, hence, has no capacity to act and drive. The Buddhists aggregates of form and mind etc. also cannot do so as they are nonconscious. Q. If all of these are inactive, there will be no activity or actions. A. This will mean that there will be possibility of no translational motion of objects. Q. The movement activity may be produced by specific element of air. There is, thus, no motion. It is only formal. The origination is the motion. A. This is not correct. The element of air has no capacity to move others as it is inactive by itself. Q. There could be no activity as objects are momentary. A. The concept of momentariness cannot be proved logically. 39. Q. There should be the singular number in this aphorism as all entities like body, speech etc. are limbal parts of the living beings and they form a coupling compound. A. This is not correct. There should be no singular number when there is mention of limbs and the limbed together. The singular number is observed only when there is mention of limbs. The body here is the limbed unit along with its limbs. Hence, there should not be singular number here. Alternatively, speech etc. are no limbs as they are non-fixed like teeth etc. Thirdly, there is singular number in case of aggregated coupling compound. The aggregation here will refer to only limbs of one
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