Soul Science Part 02

SR No.: 034408
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith
Publication Year: 2018
Total Pages: 224
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 45 MB

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Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
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If in one's [belief] an iota of inclination for attachment-etc. exists, then he does not know the soul even if he might have read all scriptures. [201]
If he does not know the soul then [it implies that] he does not know non-souls also. How can he be an enlightened (SamyagDrști) without knowing soul and non-souls? [202] Annotation
In stanza 13, Ācārya Kundakunda has stated that an enlightened being (SamyagDrști) is the one who has comprehended, from the real point of view, nine elements including soul (Jīva) and matter (non-living or Ajīva). Here in
za 202, Acārya Kundakunda says that without comprehension of the soul, the comprehension of non-living or non-souls is also not possible; and without a true or clear understanding of the difference between soul and non-soul one cannot be an enlightened being (SamyagDrști).
At this juncture, a question arises about the diagnostic tests of not understanding the soul. One of such tests is given in stanza 201. As mentioned in stanzas 198 and 199, pleasure, pain, liking, disliking, etc. are beyond the true nature of the soul. Even if these
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