Niyamsara

SR No.: 001624
Original Sutra Author: Kundkundacharya
Author: Uggar Sain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1931
Total Pages: 96
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Canon, & Religion
File Size: 6 MB

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
(by me), on being prompted by Devotion for Scriptures, (Pravachana Bhakti). If there are any inconsistencies (in the description), the scholars should remove them and make (this treatise) complete. ईसाभावेण पुणो केइ गिदंति सुंदरं मग्गं। तेसिं वयणं सोचा अभत्तिं मा कुणह जिणमग्गे ॥ १८५॥ ईर्षाभावेन पुनः केचिन् निन्दन्ति सुन्दरं मार्गम् । तेषां वचनं श्रुत्वा अभक्तिं मा कुरुध्वं जिन्मार्गे ॥ १८५॥
185. If any (pebşons) find fault with this lovely path (of liberation), simply through malice, then (O disciple) on hearing their words, do not be lacking in devotion to the path of the Conquerors. . णियभावणाणिमित्तं मए कदं णियमसारणामसुदं । बुद्धा जिणोवदेसं पुव्वावरदोसणिम्मुकं ॥ १८६॥ निजभावनानिमित्तं मया कृतं नियमसारनामश्रुतम् । बुद्धा जिनोपदेशं पूर्वापरदोषनिर्मुक्तम् ॥ १८६ ॥
188. Having understood the teaching of the Conquerors which are free from inconsistencies, I have composed this treatise styled as “ Niyamsára,” with the main object of a self-meditation.
Commentary.
A perfect-liberated soul is absolutely free from all sorts of impurties and it shines forth in its true nature, even when a soul is in the position of an Arhat, though it is still in bondage with the four non-destructive (Aghatiya) karmas; but it is free from all the four destructive karmas, which obscured its real attributes. As long as the non-destructive karmas are not exhausted, the soul of the Lord Arhat remains in a highly refined physical body (Parama-audárika sharira). The Omniscient Lords, being possessed of vibratory activities, move about and preach Truth to the world.
Both the Siddhas and the Arhats are possessed of pure conscious attentiveness (Shuddha Upyoga), which includes both perfect cona