Purusharthsiddhyupay English

SR No.: 001105
Original Sutra Author: Amrutchandracharya
Author: Ajit Prasad
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1933
Total Pages: 160
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Ethics, & Principle
File Size: 11 MB

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PURUSHARTHA-SIDDHYUPAYA
all evil Karmas previously acquired, and the continuance of the good Karmas in operation at the time he is killed.
उपलब्धिसुगतिसाधनसमाधिसारस्य भूयसोऽभ्यासात् । स्वगुरोः शिष्येण शिरो न कर्तनीयं सुधर्ममभिलषता ॥ ८७ ॥
87. A disciple desirous of piety should not cut off the head of his own preceptor when he, by means of constant prac tice, has attained such perfection of concentration, as leads to a good condition of life.
Commentary.
Here is another illustration of Himsa committed by misguided fanatics in the name of religion. Some persons believe that if the soul of a person in deep concentration. and thus in close communion with the super-soul, is separated from the body while in that condition, he will attain ever-lasting bliss. This is a false belief.
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The person in concentration, may, if he is sufficiently spiritually advanced, continue the concentration throughout and enjoy the bliss of communion. If he is not so advanced, death can not add to his spiritual advancement. The killing is not only useless, but positively harmful as bringing evil Karmas in bondage.
धनल पिपासितानां विनेयविश्वासनाय दर्शयताम् । झटिति घटचटकमोक्षं श्रद्धेयं नैव खारपटिकानाम् ॥ ८८ ॥
88. Do not believe in the doctrine of " pot-breaking im mediate salvation" inculcated by Kharpatikas, impelled by their thirst for small riches; into inducing such belief in their pupils. Commentary.
The sect of Kharpatikas now extinct, believed that the soul was imprisoned in the body, just like a light covered by a pot. When the pot is broken, the light becomes free and spreads out in all directions. The body being destroyed the soul would be free. This doctrine was inculcated by wicked priests in order to get rid of their votaries who stayed with them, and whose belongings were on their death likely to come into possession of the priests. Much crime was once committed in the name of religion, and the unsuspecting credulity of ignorant people was exploited by criminal sophists.
दृष्ट्वा परं पुरस्तादशनाय क्षामकुक्षिमायान्तम् ।
निजमां सदानरभसादालभनीयो न चात्मापि ॥ ८६ ॥