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Chapter 8: Guru's Explanation of the Soul's Everlastingness
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everything. It means that the soul knows them. While examining the nature of such compositions there does not appear any composition that would result in a soul". The soul is thus not a product of any composition. It is an original, eternal substance on its own.
જડથી ચેતન ઊપજે, ચેતનથી જડ થાય; એવો અનુભવ કોઈને, કયારે કદી ન થાય.
Jadthi Chetan Upaje, Chetanthi Jad Thay; Evo Anubhav Koine, Kyäre Kadi Na Thäy.
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No one can ever experience the emergence of consciousness out of lifeless matter; nor can one experience the consciousness turning into lifeless matter.
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Explanation & Discussion:
Lifeless matter and the conscious soul are two distinct and separate substances. They are independent of each other and one cannot emerge or be created out of the other. The lifeless matter that is pertinent here is known as Pudgal. Whatever we see with the eyes or experience with the help of any other organ
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