Source Book in Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001263
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Devendramuni
Publisher: Tarak Guru Jain Granthalay
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 590
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Philosophy
File Size: 10 MB

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A SOURCE-BOOK IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
the space points and not extensions. It is formless and therefore many siddhas can live together in the same space.
The soul in its liberated state is freed from the bodily activities like birth and death. It is in its own nature. It is saccidānanda (perefect reality, perfect consciousness and perfect bliss). Urdhvagati (tendency to go up) is the very characteristic of the atman and when the karmic encrustations are removed, it goes up freed from all karmas to the siddhaśilā. As long as the karma vitiated the soul, it is held down in the wheel of life and when the karma is destroyed, the ghanatva of the world i. e. the downward force of the world like the gravity does not affect the soul. It is freed from all the karmas.
The freed soul is free from the body. The movement is the attribute of the body and therefore, in the state of freedom, the soul has no movement at all. It has no other types of vibrations. It is free from material and bodily modes of movement and variations.1 Therefore, the soul moves towards the upward path to the siddhaśilā. The Bhagavati sūtra mentions the four causes for such state of ürdhvagati, as (1) prayoga, (2) asangată (3) bandhaviccheda, (4) tathavidha svabhāva.2 Due to the absence of the principle o motion (dharma) the soul does not go to aloka. The freed soul enjoy perfect bliss of itself.
Next distinction of the jīva is the samśārī jīva, i. e., the souls involved into the wheel of samsara. The samṁsäri jīvas are being eternall y moving from one state to the other experiencing the karmic effects and in turn accruing more and more karma It is full of karma and therefore, it is embodied and not freed from bodily modes. But the freed souls are free from karma. They are omniscient and perfect. The liberated souls are not bound by any other state. They enjoy their own state without being affected by any other external or internal forces. There are no distinctions between the different individual souls in the free state although they retain their individuality.
The liberated soul is completely free from the empirical adjuncts like the modes the of body and the mind. Therefore, there are no repetitions, revivals or reoccurence of the physical and psychic states because the karma is removed and the karma is the cause of all these modes.
154 Bhagavatī 3, 3.
155 Bhagavati, 7, 1, 265–
Nissangayãe nirangaṇāe gatipariņāmeṇam bandhaṇa cheyaṇāe. Nirindhaṇāye puvvappaogenam akammssa gati pannāyati.