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
it is liable to alternative alien modifications whether good or bad Therefore in either case the Self is called the binder of karmas
COMMENTARY
Knowledge is the essential quality of the Self So long as this quality is strong and intense, the Self is unassailable by external influences, but when this quality is at its weakest point, the Self becomes easily influenced by alien conditions In that case the Self will get modified from its own intrinsic nature according to the nature of the influence, good or bad In either case the result will be bondage, though it is emphasised that both subhabhāva and asubha-bhāva respectively lead to punya and papa which both lead to asrava and bandha But suddha-bhāva alone avoids ásrava and bandha
दसणणाणचरित्त' ज परिणमदे जहण्णभावेण ।
णाणी तेण दु बज्झदि पोग्गलकम्मेण विविहेण ॥१७२॥ Damsananāna charittam jam patinamade jahannbhāvena Nāni tena du vajjhadi poggala kammena vivihena (172)
दर्शनज्ञानचारित्र यत्परिणमते जघन्यभावेन ।
ज्ञानी तेन तु बध्यते पुद्गलकर्मणा विविधेन ॥१७२॥ 172 When the manifestation of Right Belief, Right Knowledge, and Right Conduct is, at its lowest, the Self, the Knower, is bound by various types of (good) karmic materials
COMMENTARY The Self here is in possession of ratnatraya, the three jewels Since the three jewels are in a very low degree of efficiency, bondage is predicated of the Self and yet the karmas that will bind him are only the punya karmas, karmic mateiials of the good type capable of producing happiness
सव्वे पुव्वणिबद्धा दु पच्चया सति सम्मदिद्विस्स ।
उवओगप्पाओग बधते कम्मभावेण ॥१७३॥ Savve puvva nibaddhā du pachchaya santı sammādittissa Uvavogappāvogam bandhante kammabhāvena
सर्वे पूर्वनिबद्धास्तु प्रत्यया सन्ति सम्यग्दृष्टे । उपयोगप्रायोग्य बध्नन्ति कर्मभावेन ॥१७३॥
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