Is there one soul in all Tulsi plants?
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Hare Krishna question does Tulsi have one soul is there Tulsi Devi one soul who is present in all Tulsi plants or are there different souls but then we see the Tulsi Tulsi plants also grow old and die so how do we understand this answer Srila Prabhupada has asked this and Gurujan Prabhupada quotes this in his My Glorious Master also Tulsi Devi is one goddess she is the expansion of Srimati Radharani and she manifests herself in many forms so there is Tulsi Devi one goddess and she is like one soul present in many many Tulsi plants now the whenever anything spiritual manifests at the material level the spiritual doesn’t necessarily contradict the material laws the spiritual manifests through the material laws that’s the usual principle just like the soul is present in the body and the soul is the source of life by the same time the general principle is that the soul manifests through the body as long as the body is a conducive medium for the for the soul to act through the body for the soul to fulfill its purpose so when the body is no longer a conducive medium generally speaking the soul leaves the body so the spiritual doesn’t necessarily act contrary to the material so similarly there is one Tulsi Devi and she manifests she manifests through different innumerable Tulsi plants and those Tulsi plants have their own biological needs so if a Tulsi plant is exposed to too much heat the Tulsi may get desiccated and the Tulsi plant is not watered or is neglected then it may be it may be damaged in some other way so these are these do not point to the fact that there are different souls and that soul has left the Tulsi body rather Tulsi Devi she chooses to manifest through that plant for some time and then depending on the particular we can by her sweet will she can choose to unmanifest after some time so just like there is one Krishna who manifests through various deity forms and sometimes when some invaders may come and try to desecrate the deity so Krishna will simply come and unmanifest from there it is not the different Krishna that are present in different deities similarly it is not the different souls are present in different Tulsi plant there is one soul Tulsi Devi and she chooses to manifest or unmanifest by her own sweet will and usually she will manifest her sweet will by although she can she will manifest it by contradicting the laws of nature just like the deities though they sometimes perform miracles they don’t generally go about contradicting the laws of nature the way we appreciate the spiritual nature of the deities is by approaching them with devotion and worshipping them in a devotional way similarly the way we appreciate Tulsi Devi’s spirituality as is manifested through her plant manifestation is by approaching her in a mood of devotional service