Usually, I grab the opportunity whenever I come across the topic related to soul. Recently I got the opportunity, when a young devotee
asked Gurudeo how one can see or check existence of a soul. Here
is the related coverage for Blog readers. Hope it will be useful.
"Brothers and sisters in spiritual world soul is most discussed topic.
The reason being it's mysterious nature. It's position is like air or
electricity. It is there but it is beyond common eye sight. Neither one
can prove it physically by holding it in a hand, On the other hand in
spiritual world it is a root cause for happenings and existence of all
living one. In such a complex background let me try to prove it.
It is a naked truth that existence of own soul cannot be seen as we
can see and vouch other physical things in world. In such a given
case when there are no direct verification methods ,we can resort to
indirect 6 ways. They are being suggested in Aagam "Rajprashniya
Sutra " and other Jain literature .Let us study them one by one.
1.- Prathyakhshya Praman-----First tool is said to be a direct one.
Characteristic of any soul is knowledge and faith. They both can be right or wrong. All living souls posses them .A kid know that if
he cries in absence of speech, it will send message to her mother that he needs something from her. Root knows that there is water
below the earth with can help to quench the thirst by deep search.
These basic features are missing in non-living. One can cut or burn
gold. iron. They will not complain in absence of it's knowledge.
2.-Anuman Praman--It is a guessing tool. With smoke or smell we
can guess burning of some object. Likewise if by mistake one get
his finger contacted with fire he felts the burning sensation. Mind well not only that particular finger but self as a whole gets the pain.
In case of a deep sad moment tears come from eyes whereas their
is no connection of eyes only. Some inner thing express the sorrow
or joy felt on a particular occasion as a whole personality.
3.-Upman Praman--Comparison or sample tool. Numerous souls
acting in a same manner can be taken as a proof of common thread.
Every living soul loves to live. A mouse running away from a cat to save own life, a non swimmer drowning man trying to come out from water or calling for help in loud voice can be seen as a last efforts to live. A happy moment marked by smile while a sad time
marked by tears. Some common thing must exists to act in same way. This feature is available in animals and plants also.
Rest three tools we will study in next session "Gurudeo concluded."
JAI JINENDRA--------!!!------- JAI MAHAVEERA-------------!!!.
asked Gurudeo how one can see or check existence of a soul. Here
is the related coverage for Blog readers. Hope it will be useful.
"Brothers and sisters in spiritual world soul is most discussed topic.
The reason being it's mysterious nature. It's position is like air or
electricity. It is there but it is beyond common eye sight. Neither one
can prove it physically by holding it in a hand, On the other hand in
spiritual world it is a root cause for happenings and existence of all
living one. In such a complex background let me try to prove it.
It is a naked truth that existence of own soul cannot be seen as we
can see and vouch other physical things in world. In such a given
case when there are no direct verification methods ,we can resort to
indirect 6 ways. They are being suggested in Aagam "Rajprashniya
Sutra " and other Jain literature .Let us study them one by one.
1.- Prathyakhshya Praman-----First tool is said to be a direct one.
Characteristic of any soul is knowledge and faith. They both can be right or wrong. All living souls posses them .A kid know that if
he cries in absence of speech, it will send message to her mother that he needs something from her. Root knows that there is water
below the earth with can help to quench the thirst by deep search.
These basic features are missing in non-living. One can cut or burn
gold. iron. They will not complain in absence of it's knowledge.
2.-Anuman Praman--It is a guessing tool. With smoke or smell we
can guess burning of some object. Likewise if by mistake one get
his finger contacted with fire he felts the burning sensation. Mind well not only that particular finger but self as a whole gets the pain.
In case of a deep sad moment tears come from eyes whereas their
is no connection of eyes only. Some inner thing express the sorrow
or joy felt on a particular occasion as a whole personality.
3.-Upman Praman--Comparison or sample tool. Numerous souls
acting in a same manner can be taken as a proof of common thread.
Every living soul loves to live. A mouse running away from a cat to save own life, a non swimmer drowning man trying to come out from water or calling for help in loud voice can be seen as a last efforts to live. A happy moment marked by smile while a sad time
marked by tears. Some common thing must exists to act in same way. This feature is available in animals and plants also.
Rest three tools we will study in next session "Gurudeo concluded."
JAI JINENDRA--------!!!------- JAI MAHAVEERA-------------!!!.
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