________________
24
MYSTICISM IN INDIA
knowledge is infinite. As compared to this infinity, that which ordinary men regard as knowledge appears as but an insignificantly small thing.
When the soul has so far received due illumination as to estrange itself from all relation with matter and its transformations, it is said to have acquired Kaivalya or be in a state of Kaivalya. This is the power of the soul centred in itself. Kaivalya is not any state of negation or annihilation as some are misled to think. The soul in Kaivalya has its sphere of action transferred to a higher plane limited by a limitless horizon. This our limited minds cannot hope to understand.
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
