Book Title: Pure Soul and Its Infinite Treasure
Author(s): Jayantilal Jain
Publisher: University of Madras

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________________ Pure Soul and its Infinite Treasure * 47 'To live and let live' is the teaching that flows from the concept of pure soul. Soul is characterised by consciousness and this must live in the pure self all the time and in all the pure souls. This is the true meaning of this teaching. The property of consciousness operates on its own and is not caused by anything. It operates instantaneously once the true nature of consciousness is understood and attention is focussed on the infinite reservoir of consciousness. 3. Vision (Dasi) - The pure soul has the power of vision -it sees the self, sees others, sees properties, sees forms, sees everything; but this property refers to seeing without discriminating between objects such as soul or other substances. It recognises only the whole of existence. It does not mean it mixes them up or sees them as amalgamated one but merely recognises things as they are. The vision does not differentiate between area, time or any other dimension but refers to recognition of existence in general, i.e., it does not imply value-judgment about the object such as good or bad, beneficial or harmful, beautiful or ugly, mine or thine, attachment or detachment, etc. The vision power of the pure soul is to be understood in its seven different implications - (i) the word 'vision' means seeing. (ii) The exclusive characteristic of vision' is to see only and not to discriminate. (iii) Power of vision operates in all innumerable number of units of space occupied by the soul. (iv) In terms of duration of time, it remains in the state of seeing. (v) In terms of numbers, it sees only the pure soul, but the forms of pure soul are infinite. (vi) From the view point of location, it sees, remaining in its own location, and assumes its own nature but is not required to move for seeing. (vii) The fruit/final result of such seeing is bliss/infinite happiness.

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