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śrīmad's Philosophy of Ātmadharma make its existence felt and thus it knows itself and also others unlike a material thing, which does not know or feel itself or other things. It is evident that this view is directed against the sceptics and may perhaps be taken to be against the Buddhists, who do not accept the concept of soul as is accepted by the Jains or the Vedāntins. Alike or rather following the manner of arguments forwarded by the Brahminical schools of Indian philosophy, Srimad has answered that the existence of soul can be proved. He, of course, has used technical words like the inference of the existence of soul as do the Logicians or even the Vedāntins. He even has avoided the perception and description of soul by some seers, as told by some philosophers.33
Tenet no. 2: Soul is eternal :
This tenet means that unlike material things, soul is indestructible and permanent. Material things are results of combination, of certain elements or things but soul is not. It is an independent substance and cannot be produced by combination of any substances and hence it is never made or produced and therefore cannot be destroyed at any time. It is significant to nolc here the fact that this veiw is directed against the theory that soul is transitory. The answer given by Srimad is the
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