Concept of Divinity in Jainism

SR No.: 001637
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: P Ajay Kothari
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2000
Total Pages: 248
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Devotion
File Size: 15 MB

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xiv) Ekasiddha Samaya, kala, alone.
One who attains liberation in one
xv) Anekasiddha Many beings may get Siddhahood at one samaya, kala or time, they are known as Aneka Siddha. In one samaya, at least two beings and at the most one hundred and eight beings can attain Siddhahood.
According to Digambara tradition, only male (paryaya) can become Siddha (Sarvarthasiddhi 10.9 - Reality, Page 288). Devotion to Siddha
Acharya Manatunga pays obeisance: "The Supreme Divinity! O Lord! viewing you in different perspectives the sages address you as: All pervading (in knowledge), Unfathomable (in perception), Infinite (in virtues), Progenitor (of philosophy), Perpetually blissful (in state), Majestic (in spiritual glory), Eternal (in purity), Serene (with respect to sensuality), Lord of ascetics (in meditation), Preceptor of yoga (in the yoga philosophy), Multidimensional (in perspective), Unique (in identity), Omniscient (in form) and Pure (free from all vices)".207 He is adored, "Oh, Lord Siddha! You are purer than the moon, brighter than the sun, calm like great ocean, do confer upon me the blessed emancipation (liberation).20 208
The Devotee bows down and pays his obeisance as follows
"Perfected by the destruction of eightfold karman, rich in spontaneous knowledge and insight perfected by the attainment of all the aims, may those Siddhas be my refuge. Standing on the summit of the three worlds, standing in the highest place, having unthinkable power, standing in the auspicious place of perfection, may the Siddhas be my refuge. With their enemies uprooted, observable by those who are not fools, visible to sayogins, having obtained spontaneous happiness, possessing the highest release, the Siddhas (are my) refuge, with their foes repulsed, with all the seeds of existence burnt up by the fire of meditation, to be resorted to by eminent sages, the Siddhas are to be remembered
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