Thy thought-forms reappear, but there is no egoentity transferred. The stanza uttered by a teacher is reborn in the scholar who repeats the words. This body will be dissolved and no amount of sacrifice will save it. Therefore, seek thou the life that is of the mind. In the truth thou shalt live for ever.
Self is death and truth is life.
Reasoning ceases, but knowledge remains. Then, when that has been done, he extinguishes the lamp. But though the writting has been finished and the light has been put out the letter is still there. If my thoughts are propagated, and if my soul migrates, my thoughts cease to be my thoughts and my soul ceases to be my soul. In one sense it is not the same flame, but in another sense it is the same flame.