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
To reach the category of paramahamsa, the point where we begin is exercising prudence of what is good and where. This prudence has been explained in very clear terms by Shri Shayyambhavasuri in his ‘Dashavaikalika Sutra (cridhiftos ) in the form of a question-answer session between a guru - teacher (F5) and a shishya - student (1870). The student asked -
कहं चरे, कहं चिढे, कह मासे, कहं सए ।
कह भुञ्जन्तो, भासन्तो, पावकम्मं न बन्धइ ।। O Gurudev! If you say every activity in life binds me in some Karma, then how do I walk, how do I stand, sit, eat or talk in such a way as to escape getting bound in some papa karma? Gurudev answered -
जयं चरे, जयं चिडे, जय मासे, जयं सए ।
जयं भुञ्जन्तो, भासन्तो, पावकम्मं न बन्धइ ।। All the questions can be answered in one word! Prudence. Wherever there is life, it will entail all the related activities. Yet when they are carried out with prudence, the jiva will not incur papa bandha or negative karma. Hence, the entire life has to be led with prudence. Life without prudence is not life. Walking, standing, sitting, eating or talking are activities which nobody can do without. But we believe all these should happen
But Brothers! This is only a broad consideration of prudence which is limited to the aspect of physical compassion (504 22). As a result of observing this the jiva manages to reach only upto the stage of (74149TT FLUT) yathapravrtti karan, which it has done several times earlier. But to attain the natural disposition of the soul (1949), the essential (31f19fa Avt) anivrtti karan can be attained only through (HTC C2) compassion in thought, which in turn is a finer internal form of prudence. But how do we understand (HT C2I) compassion in thought? In performing every bodily action, which is powered by the pulsation of life within, be it eating, drinking, standing or sitting, let this thought flow in you 'I am