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LCC b132.J58s93 2019 | ddc 181.4 23 Table of Contents the great mystery of the spirit soul the purpose of this publication ..................................................................................................................................... i ....................................................................................................................................... i common enquiries about the spirit soul’s identity ........................................................................................ i a ten-point summary how will a person benefit by reading this publication? .............................................................................. ii helpful definitions .......................................................................................................................................................... ii .............................................................................................................................................................. iii Jīva .............................................................................................................................................................................. iv svarūpa ..................................................................................................................................................................... iv constitution, constitutional position, constitutional form .............................................................. vi inherent, innate, intrinsic .............................................................................................................................. vii dormant, or latent ............................................................................................................................................ vii original .................................................................................................................................................................... ix in seed, in potency ............................................................................................................................................. ix the sac-cid-ānanda jīva ..................................................................................................................................... x forgetting, remembering (reviving) ......................................................................................................... xi provisional analogies and provisional statements ............................................................................ xii ultimately, material language is incompetent ............................................................................................ xiii tools for navigating this book .............................................................................................................................. xv chapter 1: thispronunciation Question guideis not ............................................................... new ................................................................................... xv the Question .................................................................................................................................... 1 answer of Śrīla bhakti rakṣaka Śrīdhara mahārāja .............................................................................................................................................................................. 2 answer of Śrīla bhakti prajnāna keśava gosvāmī mahārāja ......................................................................................... 3 ....................................................................... 5 giving evidence from our previous ācāryas ..................................................................................................... 6 chapter 2: wordsWhatever of the one Ācāryas contemplates in the during line the of time Śrīla of practicebhaktivinoda ............................................................... Ṭhākura ........... 8 Śrīla bhaktivedānta nārāyaṇa gosvāmī mahārāja ............................ 11 svarūpa is inherent in the jīva’s constitution ........................................................................................... 11 ......................................................................................... 11 present in the constitutional position ...................................................................................................... 11 hidden in the heart ............................................................................................................................................ 12 the spiritual body .............................................................................................................................................. 12 dissolving the subtle body ............................................................................................................................. 12 prema is there, but like a seed one’s face can be seen ...................................................................................................................................... 13 ........................................................................................................................