I am The Soul Part 02

SR No.: 006791
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tarulatabai Mahasati
Publisher: Shri Gujarati Shwetambar Sthanakwasi Jain Association
Total Pages: 466
Language: English, Hindi
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 18 MB

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I am the Soul study the scriptures regularly and deliberate upon them. Try to obtain as much knowledge as possible and there will be moksa.
Some recommend the path of penance. Karmas are dissolved through penance. Therefore, perform as rigorous a penance as possible. Emaciate your body. The more you torture your body, the earlier there will be moksa. So leave everything else and just do penance.
There are some who have held that devotion is the only path to moksa. The paths of knowledge and penance are difficult. The path of devotion --- bhakti – is very simple. Simply sing the praises of the Lord and you will get moksa.
There are others who profess that the path to salvation is in violent means. They believe religion to be in their rituals and go around saying that theirs is the only path to salvation.
Thus everybody claims that theirs is the true path to moksa. Mahayogi Anandghanji Maharaj says –
अभिनन्दन जिन दरिसण तरसीए दरिसण दुर्लभ देव; मत-मतभेदे रे जो जई पूछीए
HE H 364 .... 314 ... Eulogising the fourth Tirthankar Prabhu Abhinandan, he says, “O Prabhu! I am thirsting for your darshana, but it is scarce. Moreover, there are so many faiths - paths and communities. When I go and ask them, they all say, 'Ours is the true path! You will be able to see the Supreme - parmatmadarshana - only by following our principle. None else is capable of getting you the darshana of the Prabhu.' Here parmatmadarshana is the attainment of the own soul. In other words, we may say Samyak Darshana. Everybody professes a different path for attaining Samyak Darshana. Each one of them claims that their principle, their path, their community alone can lead you to Samyak Darshana.