Book Title: Yoga Philosophy
Author(s): Virchand R Gandhi, Bhagu F Karbhari
Publisher: Agamoday Samiti

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________________ 730 MAGNETISM with the Karma, is not valid according to our view. The second is that the theory of disease is not correct. If the only reason for this false view is to divert the patient's mind from the seat of disease, the false Impression given to him in this way will injure his soul, and he loses in the end, You must explain to him the real meaning of death, which would produce the right knowledge and in the same way, in the case of disease, if it is explained that on account of having arpropriated the body to itself it has fallen upon disease, and if the patient sees that the soul is separate from the body he will have the true knowledge. The only objection which we would urge against the practice of Christian Science is that the patient ought not to be told that disease does not exist; he should be told that it does exist, but that the soul ought by the adoption of right life, right thought and right living, to remove the disease. The philosophy on which these schools are based is different from the philosophy of the Eastern schools. The knowledge given to them that there is no evil, no body and no matter, is imparted simply for the purpose of giving health, aud thaf is not a logical object. They do not take into account the eternity of life. Right thinking, right living and right acting are assumed for the purpose of giving health to the body only, the very existence of which they deny. Some admit that mind can control matter. Certainly; we 011 agree with this, that matter is always subject to the powers of the mind. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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