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kut'h-opunishud of
The soul is not liable to birth nor to death : it is
mere understanding : neither does it take its origin from
any other or from itself : hence it is unborn, eternal
without reduction and unchangeable ; therefore the soul
is not injured by the hurt which the body may receive.
If any one ready to kill another imagine that he can
destroy his soul, and the other think that his soul shall
suffer destruction, they both know nothing; for neither
does it kill nor is it killed by another.
The soul is the smallest of the small, and greatest of.
the great. It resides in the hearts of all living creatures.
A man who knows it and its pure state, through the
steadiness of the external and internal senses, acquired
from the abandoning of worldly desires, overcomes
sorrow and perplexity.
The soul, although without motion, seems to go to
furthest space ; and though it resides in the body at rest,
yet seems to move everywhere. Who can perceive be-
sides myself, that splendid soul, the support of the
sensation of happiness and pmin ?
The soul, although it is immaterial, yet resides closely
attached to perishable material objects : knowing it as
great and extensive, a wise man never grieves for it. A
knowledge of the soul is not acquirable from the study
of the Veds, nor through retentive memory, nor yet by
constant hearing of spiritual instruction : but he who
seeks to obtain a knowledge of it, is gifted with it, the
soul rendering itself conspicuous to him.
No man can acquire a knowledge of the soul with-
out abstaining from evil acts; without having control
over the senses and the mind ; nor can he gain it with a
mind, though firm, yet filled with the desire of fruition;
The soul is not liable to birth nor to death : it is
mere understanding : neither does it take its origin from
any other or from itself : hence it is unborn, eternal
without reduction and unchangeable ; therefore the soul
is not injured by the hurt which the body may receive.
If any one ready to kill another imagine that he can
destroy his soul, and the other think that his soul shall
suffer destruction, they both know nothing; for neither
does it kill nor is it killed by another.
The soul is the smallest of the small, and greatest of.
the great. It resides in the hearts of all living creatures.
A man who knows it and its pure state, through the
steadiness of the external and internal senses, acquired
from the abandoning of worldly desires, overcomes
sorrow and perplexity.
The soul, although without motion, seems to go to
furthest space ; and though it resides in the body at rest,
yet seems to move everywhere. Who can perceive be-
sides myself, that splendid soul, the support of the
sensation of happiness and pmin ?
The soul, although it is immaterial, yet resides closely
attached to perishable material objects : knowing it as
great and extensive, a wise man never grieves for it. A
knowledge of the soul is not acquirable from the study
of the Veds, nor through retentive memory, nor yet by
constant hearing of spiritual instruction : but he who
seeks to obtain a knowledge of it, is gifted with it, the
soul rendering itself conspicuous to him.
No man can acquire a knowledge of the soul with-
out abstaining from evil acts; without having control
over the senses and the mind ; nor can he gain it with a
mind, though firm, yet filled with the desire of fruition;