Pure Soul and Its Infinite Treasure

Author(s): Jayantilal Jain
Publisher: University of Madras

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and permanent nature. In other words, while keeping itself permanent and inexhaustible, it keeps generating newer and newer forms/realisations. The momentary nature of newer forms is incapable of generating other forms (state of being) but the permanent state of nature begets only new forms. Therefore, continuous perception of the permanent nature enables purer forms to take place.
With the destruction of the previous forms, the soul does not perish. It is an inexhaustible treasure of infinite forms and hence new forms keep generating. Persons who do not know this characteristic, keep on worrying about the form that is destroyed and are afraid of what is to come next. However, a knowledgeable person does not feel pleasure or pain about changing external forms which are basically associated with the presence or absence of material objects and steadily concentrates on the permanent nature of the soul and takes refuge in the pure soul. The forms stem from the immutable and permanent nature of the soul and not from the forms. As said earlier, forms are momentary and perishable and do not have the characteristic of becoming permanent.
Like in a mine of diamonds, diamonds are found, the soul is an inexhaustible mine of diamonds of consciousness, right perception, right knowledge and right conduct. A day or year does not repeat itself but time is eternal. Likewise, present and the bygone forms of the soul do not come back but the soul is permanent and timeless. This timeless nature of the soul is full of knowledge and bliss. Even if the infinite forms for infinite times stem from this permanent nature, the treasure of the soul will not be reduced even by an iota. It remains the same at any point of time. In other words, whatever form is depleted at every moment,