Samayasara

SR No.: 001620
Original Sutra Author: Kundkundacharya
Author: J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1930
Total Pages: 234
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Canon, & Discourse
File Size: 15 MB

Page 132

SAMAYASARA.
196. Contemplating upon the pure soul, full of (right) conation and knowledge, and not attentive to the non-self, such (soul) liberated from Karmas, very soon realizes the soul itself.
Commentary. A right knowing saint practises self-absorption by concentrating his attention on the pure attributes of his soul. By constant practice, he advances in the spiritual stages. If he ascends by the destructive ladder, and acquires pure concentration (Shukla Dhyana) he is rid of the four destructive Karmas within one nauhúrta, 48 minutes, and becomes an Omniscient Conqueror.
उवदेसेहा परोक्खं रूवं जह पस्तिदूण णादेदि । भरणदि तहेव धिप्पदि जीवो दिहोय णादोय ॥ १६७॥ उपदेशेन परोक्षरूपं यथा दृष्ट्वा जानाति । भण्यते तथैव ध्रियते जीवो दृष्टश्च ज्ञातश्च ।। १६७ ॥
197. As hy hearing a lecture one comes to know what he has not seen, (one) knows an unseen form as if by visualisation, so is the soul described and understood as if (it was) seen and known.
Commentary.
The soul is immaterial and cannot be known through any of the five senses ; but it can be properly understood and grasped by the mind, if its nature is properly described from different points of view. The differentia of soul is consciousness, which can always be realised by us. That which has consciousness is soul. I have consciousness and therefore I am soul. I feel pain and pleasure throughout the whole of my body, therefore I am in size according to my body. Thus should a right believer visualise his soul in his own body as a substance without any colour or other material qualities, possessed of full consciousness, peace and happiness, free from anger and other impure thoughts. By continuous practice of visualisation he can gain fixity in the idea of soul. Then he will be able to grasp his own pure self quite clearly. Whenever his attention will concentrate itself fully on this idea of the soul, there will be self-realisation.