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same as forwarded by the various schools of Indian philosophy that soul is not a product (kārya). And since it is not a product it can not be transient. The same thing. is reported in a more simple way by Śrīmad.34
Tenet no. 3 Soul is the author of its actions:
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LIke other things, soul is also capable of acting. When it acts spirtually, it can realize its nature and hence it is the author or doer of its own nature. From practical point of view, it acts under the influence of past karmas or passions, gathers karma-particles and is thus also the doer or author of things like a house, a town etc..
Tenet no. 4: Soul is the enjoyer of its own actions:
Every action has a reaction or effect, the action being the cause and the effect being the fruit. This theory of cause and effect is a common experience of our day-today life. Eating poison has its effect, and eating sugar has its own effect. Similarly, if soul acts under passions such as attachment, repulsion, ego and does inauspicious actions, it attracts inausicious karmaparticles and it suffers; and if it is the doer of good and auspicious thoughts as well as acts, it attracts auspiciuos karma- particles and enjoys their pleasant
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