[Advaita-l] Logical Basis of Soul

[Swamisarvabhutananda]

OM
Self is different is a point.
There exists nothing without SELF is a fact.
Discovering SATYAM in MithyA is knowledge.

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> On 20-Nov-2013, at 10:59 pm, S Jayanarayanan <sjayana at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> The Brahma sUtra 3.3.54 establishes purely on logical/experiential grounds that the Self is different from the body, with no need of any shruti basis.
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> The proof of the EXISTENCE of the Self as separate from the body does not require shruti basis:
> "There exists a Self that is different from the body."
> (The argument is not complicated, but very very subtle.)
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> The NATURE of the Self does require shruti basis:
> "The nature of the Self is pure bliss."
> (Can never be proven by logic and sense-experience.)
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> The argument for Consciousness being different from the body is simple, but subtle.
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> I plan to post on this subject in a (hopefully short) while.
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> Regards,
> Kartik
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rajaram Venkataramani <rajaramvenk at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, November 11, 2013 2:47 PM
> Subject: [Advaita-l] Logical Basis of Soul
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> Hare Krishna. Shri Subrahmanian pointed me to ikAtmyAdhikaraNam where
> bhagavat pAdAl establishes that there is a soul distinct from the body on
> logical grounds. I would like to know other references for logical basis of
> the soul including scientific works please. Thanks in advance,
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