Book Title: Jain Path or Path of Conqueror
Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Mathew Mckay
Publisher: Jain Sahitya Samiti Agra

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________________ ( 51 ) 5. The Acharya having, in his own Soul, experiencedi Liberation, speaks with the full aathority of the Conqueror. He invites all who will to adopt this course, and find the prool in themselves, 6. The pure souls is beyond all vows, and Stages of progress. From the Real Standpoint the Soul is Pure, and is known as such in self-absorption. 7. From the practical viewpoint we refer to the Soul as Bound, Liberated etc. Understand that Pure Soul is beyond: all these mere references. 8. It is just as necessary to make use of the Practical View point to point out the Path to Reality, as it is for one visiting a foreign country to have an interpretor. When. one has grasped the Reality of the Soul there is no further use, in his case, for the Practical viewpoint. In a similar way one learning the language of the country he visits, has. no need of an Interpreter. 9. The Highest Knowledge is the Knowledge of the Pure Soul. The knower discovers this by reading the Scriptures, by the Vowless Path, the Cayman's Path and the Path of the Saint. 10. The Soul is the Knower of all Knowledge, and is Knowledge itself. 11. Right Meditation can only be known by Right Belief, Right Knowledge, and Right Conduct. These constitue ting the soul, the Acharya bids the aspirant to perform Meditation in the Pure Soul. 12. Soul Maditation is the Goal of the aspirant. By this. method he is listed beyond the cares of the mundane life. 13. The Practical is a means of leading to the Real. It is only by Knowledge of the Real that the aspirant can become a Right Believer.

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