The System of the Vedanta according to Badarayana's Brahma-Sutras and Cankara's Commentary c8.s5.t1.3
The System of the Vedânta according to Bâdarâyana's Brahma-Sûtras and Çankara's Commentary c8.s5.t1.3
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c8.s5.t1.3
1. The canon of Scripture with its commands and prohibitions presupposes that the soul is an agent, for it prescribes for it a certain course of action. If the soul were not an agent, these prescriptions would be purposeless, which cannot be assumed to be the case (p. 668, 5).