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exchange is only practical and not real.
The reality is that just as the soul of the forest is the tree, the soul of the tree is the juice
stored in it; the essence of the juice is the ash; and the soul of the ash is Brahma. Ultimately,
everything is monotheistic.
Vedic Dharma shows some insights on Atma and Parmatma. It is said that there is a
difference between the eternal soul and God. As Shree Krishna said,

न जायते ि यते वा कदािच
ायं भू ा भिवता वा न भूयः ।
अजो िन ः शा तोऽयं पुराणो

े
न ह ते ह माने शरीर।।
This physical body is neither born nor dies, and it is not going to come into existence again. It
is birthless, eternal, and eternal. It is not killed, even when the body is killed. Both are vast;
the soul is also vast, and means of enjoyment are available everywhere for it. Thus, Vedic
Dharma concludes that just as gold jewellery
becomes a golden ingot when it is burned in
fire, similarly, the soul becomes divine after
knowing God. The nature of God has been
described by the Atharvaveda as having the
following unique attributes: He has no desires,
He is immortal, He does not die, He is free from
the divine essence, He has no desire in any
part, and it is known that there is no sign of
death. Such a soul, which is here, is alive, and is
eternally young, is God.
The world has to realise the importance of
Vedic Dharma, as Vedic religion believes in
karmic bondage and enjoyment of fruits. The
soul is tied to the bondage of karma (action); it
is free to do the karma, but it is dependent on enjoying the fruits of the action. The divine is
not in the bondage of karma. Another aspect of Vedic religion is reincarnationism. Charvark

यावत् जीवेत् सुखम् जीवेत्। ऋणं क ा घृतं िपबेत्। भ भूत दह पुनरागमनं कतः । As long as you live, live
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happily. Take the debt and drink ghee. (Once the body is reduced to ashes, how can it come
back?) But if this happens, the world will witness chaos, and no one will be afraid of anything.
Many people doubt what the soul did before and what it will do after leaving the body. But the
theory of reincarnation gives hope for a better future, and people aspire to do good deeds.
There are 3 ANADI elements in the world: God, Soul, and Nature. We have many scholars who
believe that nature (Prakriti) is doing everything. But Vedic Dharma elaborates the definition
of ANADI, which is something that no one can say about the time it all got started or how the
world got created by the Divine, which is changing from time to time, yet no one knows the
particular phrase. Vedic Dharma clears the stir of it. Other religions deny the existence of
nature to play a role, but we accept nature as one force of law. “Nimat” is animate, and

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