tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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pure, immutable, all-pervading; but on account of ignorance, appears to be under bondage. When the soul experiences its real and pure nature, it attains Mokșa.
The Gîtā is eclectic. It is interpreted in different ways by Samkara, Rāmānuja, jñānešvara, Tilak, Sri Aurobindo. The Gitä exercises tremendous spiritual influence on the Hindus. Pure Ātman assumes the form of the world by means of Māyā. By completely surrendering to God and doing acts in a disinterested manner, the soul enjoys unending peace and supreme bliss. RĀMĀNUJA
Rämānuja's Visiştädvaita, Pariņāmavāda, Anti-Māyāvāda and Saviseșa Brahman. Souls are modifications (Vikāras) of the Brahman. Jiva possesses sat and cit, but no ananda. Soul is atomic, eternal, self-luminous, agent, enjoyer. Kinds of Jiva. Jiva and intelligence. Distinctions of Jivas are eternal; they are not lost in Mokşa. Jiva and God.
In Mokșa soul enjoys omniscience and bliss of God, but retains its individuality. Bondage is caused by ignorance. The meaning of Tattvamasi'. In Mokşa, Jiva enjoys the company of God. God as person. Four Vyūhas. Mokșa is attained by devotion (prapatti). Jiva takes positive joy in the service of God. Denial of Jivanmukti. In Mokşa, Jiva enjoys all powers of God except those of creation and governance of the world.
NIMBĀRKA
... 555-569 His Anti-Māyāväda and Bhedābhedaväda. Souls and the world are the self-actualisation of God. Souls depend on God. Identity of Jiva and God is like one betweeu waves and the ocean or rays and the sun, Meaning of Tattvamasi. God Krsna is the Upādānakāraṇa and Nimitta-kārana of the world. The Jiva is the knower, agent, enjoyer, and atomic, but becomes pervasive by intelligence. Kinds of Jiva.
MOKŞA
Bondage caused by ignorance, Mokşa, attained by Jiva when it realises absolute dependence on God. The need for moral
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