I am The Soul Part 01

SR No.: 006790
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tarulatabai Mahasati
Publisher: Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association
Total Pages: 468
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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I am the Soul
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After hearing this you might begin to repeat like a parrot “I am the soul'. But mere saying so is not knowledge. It has to be experienced within, and for that renunciation and detachment are required.
So many people say that even without renunciation and detachment we are able to learn many scriptures. We are able to talk in depth about knowledge. But this is merely cerebral knowledge and the knowledge of speech. Atmajnana (selfrealisation) means knowledge arising out of experience. That is, the self experiencing the Self is self-realisation.
Those Jivas who have found the true faith (HHT©s cyfr), have done so owing to such an inner state. The Jiva of Bhagawan Mahaveer in the life of Nayasar experienced the samyak darshan while offering food to a Muni, while guiding him on the path. You may ask, “This Jiva was a family-man, immersed in his worldly activity, where was renunciation and detachment in him? How did he experience true faith?' The reason was, the Jiva may or may not have renounced any thing externally, but his inner state was steeped in renunciation and detachment. The heart was straight-forward and pure. Dharma resides in such pure hearts. The scriptures too, say —
धम्मो सुध्धस चिट्ठइ and hence that Jiva experienced Samyak Darshan.
After telling us about the importance of renunciation and detachment, Srimadji while defining their limits, very beautifully says in the next part -
___ अटके त्याग विरागमां, तो भूले निजभान
What would I make out of this? Having succeeded in bringing renunciation and detachment into the life, and believing this to be the totality if one gets stuck on the note that 'I have done everything, I do not need to do anything more now’, then