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theoretical stand-point and not from a practical standpoint.
iii) God is pure and actionless. Therefore it is nonsense to say that God is the creator of actions or to say that God inspires actions. To say so will mean to degrade God or blame him.
iv) It is also to be noted that if soul is in its pure state or in its nature, it is the author of its own nature, but if it is not in that state of its nature, it does have impulses and vibrations which give birth to actions.50
IV. The disciple's doubt about the authorship of actions thus is removerd by the preceptor, but he is doubtful about the soul being enjoyer and/or sufferer of fruits of the action and expresses the doubt in the following way:
Objection :
i) Karma - pudgalas are material. Because of actions of the soul, karna - pudgalas are attracted by soul and they bear fruits in course of time and the soul or the author has to either enjoy or suffer the fruits. But how can material (pudgala) karmas make the soul enjoy or suffer the fruits?
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