Samayasara OR Nature of Self

SR No.: 011119
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A Chakravarti
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1950
Total Pages: 406
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 38 MB

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SAMAYSARA
deration by the vyavahara point of view Both the commentators explain this first through an illustration An ordinary illiterate person when he feels thirsty, he may freely drink muddy water if it is immediately available to him He wants water to quench his thirst and does not wait to enquire whether it is pure or impure But in the case of an enlightened person the behaviour will be slightly different If he is thirsty and if he can't get pure water he would try to purify the muddy water by the application of the cleaning nut, thus separating the pure water from the muddy deposit before using it Exactly similar is the attitude of man towards the nature of reality The ordinary unenlightened person goaded on by practical interest may behave with the assumption that what is called Self is that which is in association with karmic impurities and thus get on in life trying to obtain as much satisfaction as possible, but an enlightened individual will not thus be satisfied He will try to distinguish between the Self as a pure entity and the various impurities ordinarily associated with it With this discriminative knowledge, he will try to guide his life as far as possible, thus basing his whole conduct on the true knowledge of reality as it is It is the latter class of person that deserves to be called Samyagdrshti or right believer
सुद्धो सुद्धादेसो णादन्यो परमभावदरिसीहि ।
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ववहारदेसिदो पुण जे दु अपरमे ट्टिदा भावे ॥ १२ ॥ Suddhosuddhâdeso nâdavvo paramabhâvadarisîhımı Vavahâradesido puna je du aparametthidâ bhâve शुद्ध शुद्धादेशो ज्ञातव्य परमभावदर्शिभि । व्यवहारदेशित पुनर्ये त्वपरमे स्थिता भावे ॥१२॥ I2 The pure stand point which reveals the pure substance should be adopted by (those whose object is to be) the seers of the supreme state of the soul, but the practical one by those who are satisfied with a lower status
COMMENTARY
Thus it is emphasised that the point of view adopted depends upon the object of the investigator The commentators again elucidates this point with an illustration A person whose aim