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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Appendix-8 Right Conduct
In stanza 18 we noted: One who is desirous of attaining the liberation should make all efforts to know, believe in, and immerse in the soul. Similarly, in stanza 155 one finds: The right belief, the right knowledge, and the right conduct constitute the path of liberation. Without the attainment of perfection in the right conduct the liberation is not possible. The path of liberation starts from the attainment of the right belief (SamyagDarśana). The right knowledge (SamyagJñāna) happens just immediately after the attainment of the right belief, just as light in the room appears immediately after lighting the lamp. However, the completion or perfection in the right conduct (SamyagCaritra) may take a long time even after attaining the right belief.
For understanding the right conduct, the following points explicitly mentioned in various stanzas in this scripture are worth noting:
(i) In reality, the supreme substance is the soul. By abiding (staying) in such supreme the ascetics attain liberation. [Stanza 151]
(ii) Those who do not abide in the supreme substance do not attain the liberation even though they take vows and resolutions, follow the rules of good character, and perform penance. [153]
(iii) Many scholars without the true realization of the soul leave aside the object of the real point of view (pure soul), and indulge in the actions of body and mind. But the destruction of Karma takes place to those saints who are absorbed in the supreme substance (pure soul). [156]
(iv) One who experiences unattached from all the associations; one who meditates over one's own soul and does not pay any attention over Karma and physical body, etc., one who concentrates over the solitariness [188]; one who keeps on immersed in perception and knowledge and in none other than the soul by being absorbed in the soul; such a being becomes the pure soul free from Karma very soon. [189]
(v) Remain always focused on the soul, remain always contented with the soul, and be totally saturated by this. The supreme bliss would happen to you. [206]