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

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________________ [ 64 ] 131. It is only by renunciation of all hindrances that the Pure Soul can be such. 132. Deluded thought activity must be abondoned by one who would become a saint. It is only by complete renunciation that liberation can be achieved. 133. Even meritorious deeds must be abandoned, and by the giving up all meritorious thought activities the Pure soul will be realised. > 134. Right thought-activity belongs to the Knower. Wrong thought activity is an attribute of the deluded. 135. Wrong thought-activity binds Karmas, Rightthought activity release the soul from Karmic bondage. 136. In the Jaina with Right-knowledge, all the though activities are correct. 137. The perverse person with wrong knowledge only produces thought activities of error. 138-139. The fountain can be no higher than its source. Wrong-knowledge produces wrong actions. Right-Knowledge produces right actions. 140-141-142. Right couduct deluding Karmas, and obs: curing Karmas etc. Must be removed are the Pure Soul, freed from all passions, can be seen. 143. The Acharya points out that it is owing to the auxiliary cause of thought activity the Karmic molecules (substance), is changed into 8 kinds of Karmas including Knowledge obscuring Karmas. 144. The Soul becomes the cause of its thought activity, when Karmic inflow binds it. 145. As before stated the Soul becomes Anger, Joy, Peace, etc. by its own conciousness attentiveness.

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