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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The Soul Seekers here ...
The devotion in the three-fold path becomes possible only when the Jiva, treading the path of Dharma, frees himself from the net of compulsions of theories; becomes eager to absorb what the sages have to say and makes the practice, of what the sages have said, the goal of his life.
Until now in the 'Atmasiddhi Shastra four gathas were devoted to elucidate that the vehement beliefs of the ritualists and the wizened wise are not practical for the jiva, not effective for attaining liberation. Now summarising the topic, Srimadji picks up the excellent principle of prudence, the ability to discriminate -(tada.) and says -
ज्यां ज्यां जे जे योग्य छ, तहां समजq तेह,
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There is a great truth hidden in the first line of the gatha. What is the addition to the responsibility of a jiva striving to achieve self realisation? He has to determine whether all the principles and essences of the entire world are apt or inapt. But the discerning ability arises by itself within one who is determined to achieve the uplift of the soul, and who is eager to renunciate everything. One who has become endowed with that faculty, call it a curious state or the search for Moksa; such a competent person alone is capable of thinking on this topic. Then comes the inner-acumen and this inner acumen awakens the analytical tendency in him.
Such a seeker may not have reached the fulfilment of the process of enriching the soul, yet owing to his presence in a state of study, discounts the detrimental and absorbs the advantageous reasons, for the good path and the growth of the virtues of the soul.
This ability to impartially differentiate between the detrimental and the advantageous is prudence. Prudence helps