Book Title: Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss
Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP
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Part I
Some Fundamental Principles
SOUL AND MATTER
This universe and everything contained in it are eternal, self existant and real,
Every Soul possesses limitless powers. It is God (Param-Atma) itself in its purest state.
Contaminated and enveloped with matter all round, the Atma (Soul) itself accumulates more and more matter in some particular form, shape or setting, because of perpetual vibrations due to its contact with the material body and imparted to it by the surrounding matter, too, and so it acquires different shapes, sizes, forms and bodies by means of births, rebirths and growth. Whatever is seen and percieved in this universe is the manifestation of Soul and matter, Matter is lifeless and has no feeling or consciousness-it does not do anything itself. Therefore Atma-the
