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Pure Soul and its Infinite Treasure
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of the soul cannot be captured or realised by outward senses. It can only be realised in the state of meditation on the self. Ten life-like attributes are not there in the pure self and in its properties at any state of existence. So long as a person identifies oneself with the characteristics of the body, he assumes births and deaths and remains in this world. Once a person realises these distinguishing characteristics, the journey to Moksha begins and these ten life-like properties disappear, as the soul in Moksha does not have a body or body characteristics.
The soul and its property of living are not created by anybody. It is its nature. Just as a mirror reflects the image of the object because of its own property or nature and not due to the external object as such, the soul lives because of this innate property and not due to any external object or support. Thus, life is an uncreated, unassailable, independent, sovereign and supreme quality of the soul.
2. Consciousness (Chiti) - The pure soul is characterised by consciousness and by absence of all properties that are associated with non-living substances.
The soul is devoid of five colours such as, white, green, red, black and yellow. It has no good or bad smell. It is neither sweet nor bitter. It has no properties of taste. Neither is it hot nor cold, light or heavy, soft or rough. It does not have characteristics of bodies or bones or different constitutions of bodies. It does not have feelings of attachment or detachment. It is devoid of anger, greed, etc. Karmic particles are not the characteristics of a soul. It is not karmic bondage or its fruits. The influx of Karmas, its bondage, blocking of bondage of Karmas, shedding of Karmas and ultimate annihilation of Karmas-all these stem from atoms and are not the functions of a soul. The eight-fold classification of
