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I am the Soul
The jiva is anadi-ananta. It was never created and will never get destroyed. Therefore, the jiva has neither a beginning nor an end.
Karma's relation with the jiva is anadi-anta. The time when this jiva was first bound by karma is not traceable. Karma has been with the jiva for infinite time like gold lying in a mine. In spite of having no beginning, this relation does have an end. If the jiva does the tremendous effort, then like the gold which gets purified after being removed from the dirt, the jiva too gets purified. That is to say, the relation with karma ends. Therefore, although the relation with karma has no beginning, it does have an end.
The moksa state of the atma has a beginning and it is endless. The jiva was in a state of bondage from infinite time while wandering in the world. Earlier it had never been liberated. But when karma is totally dissolved, the state of moksa is attained. This state remains with the jiva for infinite time. It never comes to an end. Hence in the state of moksa, the jiva has a beginning and no end.
The state of beginning and end – adi and anta -- occurs to a jiva in various ways. Although the relation of jiva and karma is without a beginning, when considering every karma individually - when it attaches to the jiva, it has a beginning and when it detaches from a jiva, it has an end. In another way, when the jiva, which has been eternally in mithyatva, attains Samyaktva for the first time, its samakit state begins. This samakit is nonerosive, but when either upashama or kshayopashama occurs, the samakit goes away and it has an end. Thus the jiva has several aspects which have a beginning and an end.
Anandghanji Maharaj speaks of attaining such an infinite - eternal feeling of the Supreme Soul which does have a beginning but is endless. The substance of Supreme Soul, which is lying
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| SR No. | 006791 |
| Book Title | I am The Soul Part 02 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Tarulatabai Mahasati |
| Publisher | Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 466 |
| Language | English, Hindi |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 18 MB |