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A soul can know and understand, but the matter cannot. The qualities of soul or jīva and matter or pudgal are peculiar to each of the two substances. They cannot be mutually transferred. Thus both the substances retain thier identity.
ix) Last, but not the least, it is the soul itself which is raising such doubts as above, about its own existence and this is very surprising.
II. The disciple being satisfied with the reply of the preceptor and convinced about the existence of soul, raises objections about its eternity or permanency in stanzas 59 to 60 of AS.
Objections :
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i) The soul is created with the combination of five gross elements like earth, water etc., and is destroyed alongwith the body and therefore it is not eternal.
ii) Every substance is momentary. It is undergoing change every moment. Because of this experience too, soul cannot be considered eternal.
Answer:
This objection or rather doubt is clarified in 8 verses.
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