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śrīmad's Philosophy of Ātmadharma
i) It is wrong to say that soul is created along with the body, which is a combination of matters and hence it can be seen. But this is not the case with the spirit or the Jiva. Nobody has ever experienced the creation and destruction of a soul.
ii) If a soul is created, who can be the knower of its being created or destroyed ?
No soul can ever experience or know that a soul is created because it dies alongwith the body. Therefore it is obvious that the soul existed before birth and will exist after death of the body. Who else knows that body is born and it will die, if not the soul ? Similarly no body has ever experienced that the soul is born or created and is destroyed. That knowledge is always possessed by the soul. Whatever combinations are seen, are seen by the soul, which cannot be created by combination of any materials or elements and therefore soul is proved to be eternal.
iii) Nobody has ever experienced that soul has created matter or matter has created soul, nor it is anybody's experience that soul is destroyed and/or las transformed itself into matter or vice-versa.
iv) Passions like anger etc., are found in serpents
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