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falls into delusion, and mistakes his own nature for something else which it is not in actuality. Therefore, the Jainas hold that Mokșa can be effected by removing all Karma or veil of the Karma from the soul (सर्वावरण विमुक्ति मुक्तिः). Complete deliverance from veil and covering of Karma is called mokṣa or emancipation. Thus as Nahar says --"Moksa is the emancipation of the soul from the snares of Karma (Karmapāsha)."!
Liberation or Mokşa, thus, is not produced as a positive thing. It can be only negatively be attained by making oneself free from the Karma or influence of the Karma.
According to Jainism the Jīva is constitutionally free and potentially divine The Jiva, in fact, is not the real enjoyer of the earthly pleasures and pains nor is the doer of actions. As Nahar and Ghosh say
_"Self is Niscaya Naya. It is in reality neither fettered nor tainted with any of the blemishes, neither it is in reality the agent of any deed, nor the enjoyer of any fruits thereof. But by subreption it becomes an object to itself through the other media of organism and senses and introspection and thereby appears as the Jiva - bhoktā and kartā.”2 It is said that the soul in Moksa enjoys a state of pure and infinite knowledge (anantajñāna) and infinite perception (anantadars'ana ). The Jiva is constitutionally free and the real bliss belongs only to the soul. It has been said in the commentary on
1 Nahar and Ghosh : An Epitome of Jainism, p. 617. 2 Ibid. p. 548.
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| SR No. | 020053 |
| Book Title | tman_and_moksa |
| 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 |