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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Good conduct turns obscure ....
The natural attitudes of the jiva who pursues the three-fold path are awakened. Although these attitudes are lying in the soul, the affected attitudes do not let the natural attitudes to come into experience. With the help of the Agams, and with the self-study of the scriptures, these attitudes are recognised by the intellect and subsequently with the help of faith the natural attitudes are awakened.
If the jiva in pursuit, loses track while trying to understand the meaning, he is bound to land up in a confusion. Srimadji has told us here the state of such a jiva -
अथवा निश्चय नय ग्रहे, मात्र शब्दनी मांय,
wild houdend, mith fan aru .....Pe First of all let us understand, the NiscayaNayaand Vyavahara Naya. In the Jain philosophy, the system followed for understanding a principle is the Syadvada system, which is also known as Anekantvada. In other words it is Sapekshavad and Relativity too.
Syadvada means thinking in various angles while trying to understand a particular object. There could be contradicting views involved. Yet there will not be an opposition. If an object is to be understood totally in various different angles, this system comes in extremely useful. In the terminology of logic, this approach is called Naya. In the Jain philosophical scriptures, there are many treatises on Naya. Acharya Siddhasena Diwakar, Kalikal sarvajna Hemachandracharya, Acharya Haribhadrasuri, Acharya Samantabhadraji and such other stalwart scholars have dealt with this topic at great length. We are not going too deep into it now.
Broadly, there are two types of Naya- 1. NiscayaNayaand 2. Vyavahara Naya. That view which describes the original true