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[II, 62. .62. The nature of the substance established in its existential condition is said to be three-fold (viz., consisting of origination, perm, anence and destruction); he, who knows it in detail, will not be infatuated with foreign substances.
63. The soul is constituted of the manifestation of consciousness; manifestation of consciousness is towards knowledge and cognition; the manifestation of consciousness of the soul is either auspicious or inauspicious.
64. If the manifestation of consciousness is auspicious, the soul accumulates merit; if inauspicious, sin; in the absence of both there is no accumulation (of Karmas).
65. He, who recognises the great Jinas, attends on Siddhas as well as saints and is compassionate towards living beings, has an auspicious resultant of consciousness. .
66. He, who is steeped in sensual pleasures and passions, who is given to false scriptures, evil intentions and wicked words, and who is cruel and goes astray, has an inauspicious resultant of consciousness.
67. Being free from inauspicious inanifestation of consciousness and without the auspicious one towards foreign substances and being indifferent, I meditate on my self that is essentially constituted of knowledge. ..
68. I am neither the body, nor the mind, nor the speech, nor the cause thereof, nor the agent, nor the commissioner, nor the conse; ntor of the doers.
69. It is pointed out that body, mind and speech are constituted of material substances ; and the material substance, in turn, is a lump of atomic substances.
70. I am neither. made of matter, nor is the matter lumped by me; therefore, I am neither the body nor the maker of that body.
71. The primary atom has no space-points; it is an unit of space-points and itself having no quality of sound; being arid or cohe. sive it comes to have two or more space-points.
72. It is said that the points of aridness or cohesiveness of an atom, because of transformation, increasing by one froní one onwards, attain infinity.
1. See P. 40; TS, IT, 8-9... . . 2. Compare I, 69 ante. 3. See P. 77, 78, 81 etc.
