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(c) SĀŃKIYA DOOTRINE OF THE SOUL
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TEXTS (301-302).
IF IT BE ARGUED THAT" INASMUCH AS PRIMORDIAL MATTER IS EQUIPPED WITH COSMIC INTELLECT, ALL THIS CANNOT BE INCOMPATIBLE WITH ITS NATURE" THEN, ON THE GROUND OF TTS BEING EQUIPPED WITH INTELLECT, IT WOULD HAVE TO BE POSSESSED OF SENTIENCE ALSO,-LIKE THE SENTIENCE IN SPIRITS. BECAUSE 'INTELLECT', 'VOLITION,
CONSCIOUSNESS 'FEELING', 'KNOWING, ALL THIS IS EXPRESSIVE O Sentience.
(301-302)
COMMENTARY
All this 4.0, acting in accordance with the Spirit's desire to see' and the rest ; ils nalure-its character of Primordial Matter.- What is meant is this-"Even though Primordial Matter is not of the nature of Sentience, yet it is equipped with Cosmio Intellect which is of the nature of determination, and thus it can know of the Spirit's desire to know 'etc., and act accordingly; so that there is no incongruity at all",
The answer to this is that on the ground of its being equipped with Intellect, eto, ete. That is to say, if it is admitted that Primordial Matter is equipped with Intellect, then it should have to be regarded as endowed with Sentience also, like the Spirit ; as Buldhi' (Intellect) etc. are only so many synonyms of 'Sentience'. For instance, that which is of the nature of light and has ite form known by itself and shines independently of all else, is Sentience'; and this character is present in Buddhi (Intellect) also; why then shonld this lattor not be the same as Sentience ? specially as apart from Intellect, we do not perceive any other form of Sentience, by virtue of which this distinct nature could be attributed to Spirit.—(301-302)
In the following Text, the other party proceeds to show that Buddhi (Intellect) is something different from 'Sentience'
TEXT (303).
* COSMIO INTELLECT MUST BE INSENTIENT BY ITS NATURE,-LIKE SOUND ODOUR, TASTE AND OTHER THINGS, -ON ACCOUNT OF THE TWO REASONS OF being produced AND being perishable",IF THIS BE YOUR VIEW-[then the answer is as
stated in the following Text].-(303)
COMMENTARY
The opponent's argument is formulated thus:"Whatever is character. ised by the character of being produced, being perishable, and the like,-must
