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[Essential Sutras
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There is no happiness that is not intertwined with sorrow. Because an individual, under the influence of ignorance and delusion, seeks happiness in external objects. But those objects that appear pleasant and enjoyable today, in due course, become painful, distressing, and the cause of increased sorrow and grief. The wealth that an individual acquires through deceit, fraud, and illusion, for which he works day and night, becomes the cause of the destruction of life. He also becomes a guest of the prison due to theft of taxes, etc. The son who is the apple of his parents' eye, the piece of their heart, the darling of their heart in childhood, becomes a thorn in their heart, a thorn in their eyes, a stain on their family when he grows up and becomes immoral. Even hearing his name causes pain. The head hangs in shame. If there were happiness in objects, how could one object be the cause of happiness at one time and sorrow at another? In the true sense, it is not true happiness, but an illusion of happiness. 'The cycle of suffering experienced by the soul is rooted in association.' The truth is that the soul has been suffering from time immemorial due to association with external objects that are different from the self. True happiness can only be attained through the practice of Dharma, which is in the form of the three jewels, namely right faith, right knowledge, and right conduct. Therefore, Acharya Haribhadra writes: "The path that is free from all suffering, the liberation that is the cause of it."
Sijjhanti - In Jainism, the complete development of the infinite qualities of the soul is considered to be Siddhatva. Until knowledge is infinite, vision is infinite, character is infinite, energy is infinite, i.e., until every quality is infinite, Jainism does not accept liberation. 'Sijjhanti' means that the living beings who are situated in the path mentioned become Siddhas.
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Bujjhati - They become Buddhas. Buddha means the one who has complete knowledge. There may be a doubt here that Buddhahood is attained even before becoming a Siddha. In the course of spiritual development, in the fourteen Gunasthanas, infinite knowledge, infinite vision, etc. qualities are attained in the thirteenth Gunasthana itself, and liberation takes place after the fourteenth Gunasthana. So what is the meaning of saying Bujjhati after Sijjhanti? The solution is that complete knowledge is attained in the thirteenth Gunasthana, so according to the order of development, the place of Buddhahood is first and the place of Siddhatva is second, but the Buddhahood mentioned here after Siddhatva means that even after becoming a Siddha, Buddhahood remains, it is not destroyed. Some philosophers say that there is a lack of knowledge in liberated souls, this particular description negates their belief.
Muccianti - The word 'Muccianti' means - to be liberated from karmas. Until even a single karma-particle remains associated with the soul, liberation cannot take place. Acharya Umaswati has written in the first sutra of the tenth study of Tattvarth Sutra - "Kritsnakarmakshaya Moksha" i.e., liberation takes place when all karmas are destroyed.