Philosophy In Jain Agams: Eternality of Soul

Except Cārvāka philosophy, all the Indian philosophies accept the eternal existence of soul.^[1] The flow of time is continuous. It does not have any division but a man of sensual consciousness, cannot perceive this continuous flow of time. His knowledge gets divided by multi-divisions of time. Only the present remains in focus. As a result, some people accept only the present, by neglecting the past and the future. To remove this dilemma, the commentator has said - One, who does not have a beginning and end, then how is it possible for it to have a middle? jassa natthipurāpacchā, majjhe tassa kao siyā?^[2] The meaning of purā here is past and paścāt means future. That which does not have any existence in the past and also in the future, then how does it have any existence in the present? It means that the soul's existence is eternal. Its existence cannot be denied in any period of time.