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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
1780
Atman and MokẸa
dualities, relativity caused by the adjuncts which are produced by nescience. Bondage is caused by falsely identifying the soul with these adjuncts out of ignorance. When ignorance is destroyed the soul realises its original purity, eternity, consciousness, and freedom. The soul enjoys its forgotten infinitude, eternity, omniscience, and perfect bliss. This can be done by the knowledge of the Self, which is Brahman, by means of purification of mind by Self-control and Yogic practices. This is the most evolved idea of Moksa which is free from the personalistic defects of human being. Rāmānuja, Nimbarka, Madhva and Vallabha, however, regard that Moksa consists in becoming free from the painful worldly life and the round of rebirth and in the attainment of the everlasting supersensuous Divine joy by going to the kingdom of God (Vaikuntha, Goloka, etc.) by means of intense and wholehearted devotion to Him. The liberated soul (mukta) enjoys the omniscience, omnipresence, and the supreme bliss of God but the powers of creation and governance remain reserved for God. According to them, the soul recognises its identity with God but still it maintains its distinction to experience the joy of the company of God and to serve Him. Those who sincerely surrender to God and undertake devotional worship of God know Him properly and attain Moksa, irrespective of their caste, colour, etc. They gave emphasis on upāsanā and prapatti.
The Vaisnava Şaints also followed the footsteps of their Vaişņava Ācāryas and they hold that Moksa
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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 |