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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Atman and Mokşa
gods like Vāsudeva, Saṁkarşaņa, Pradyumna as the manifestations of the Supreme Lord Kțşoa being caused by the latter from His Self-multiplying power (Vaibhavavilāsa); thus He creates the four Vyūhas out of Himself. According to the predominance of the quality of Sattva, Rajas or Tamas, Kțşņa becomes Vişnu, Brahmadeva, or Siva respectively. His eternal sports are carried on in the Goloka. Kęsna has three powers; the internal which is intelligence, the external which generates appearances, and the differentiated which forms the jiva, or individual soul. His chief power is that which creates dilatation of the heart or joy. This appears to be the power of love. When this love becomes settled in the heart of the devotee, it constitutes Mahābhāva, or the best feeling. When love attains to the highest pitch it constitutes itself into Rādhā, who is the most lovable of all and full of all qualities,
The soul of man is the eternal servant of Kțsņa. The tasastha power of Kịşņa manifests differences (between the creator and his creatures ) - just as a ray of the sun transforms itself into a flame of fire. Kļşņa has by nature three powers: viz., the child, the life, and the illusion powers. When a creature forgets Kisņa he is occupied by the external things and so under the influence of illusion he undergoes the misery of being born in the world, now rising to heaven, now sinking to hell. One can get rid of illusion if he worships with full faith in Kțsna, who,
1 Bhandarkar R. G. : Vaisnavism, saivism and Minor Religious Systems, p. 85.
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