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EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL 79 एको मे सासदो अप्पा णाणदंसणलक्खणो । सेसा मे बहिरा भावा सव्वे संजोगलक्खणा ॥१०२॥ Ekó mê sâsadô appå nâna damsana lakkhanó, Sasa me bahird bhava savve sanjoga lakkhana 102.
" My soul is ever one, eternal, having Knowledge and perception as (its) differentia. All the other thought-activities are foreign to me, due to connection with (non-soul).”
जाइजरमरणरहियं परमं कम्मट्टवजियं सुद्धं । णाणाइचउसहावं अक्खयमविणासमच्छेयं ॥ १७६ ॥ Jải Jaramaranarahiyam paramam Kammattha
vajjiyam suddham Nânâe chau sahávam akkhayamavinása mach
chéyam 176. . __ "A pure soul is devoid of birth, old age and death, is supreme and free from the eight Karmas, pure, having the four kinds of qualities of knowledge, perception, power and bliss, is indestructible, eternal and unbreakable."
Such is the nature of Nirvâna also in Jainism. (3) Samadhi sataka by Pujyapada.. येनात्मनाऽनुभूयेऽहमात्मनैवात्मनात्मनि । सोऽहं न तन सा नासौ नैको न द्वौ न वा बहुः ॥२३॥ यदभावे सुषुप्तोऽहं यद्भावे ब्युत्थितः पुनः । अतीन्द्रियमनिर्देश्यं तत्वसंवेद्यमस्म्यहम् ॥ २४ ॥ Yênâtmanâ anubhủye aham åtmanaivatmanát
mani,
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