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
left alone. But you can manifest your natural disposition. Passions decline in the same degree in which the natural disposition manifests. No effort is necessary to remove them. Just as the snakes on Sandalwood trees run away upon hearing the cries of the Peacock, passions too go away as the natural disposition awakens.
To remove Darshanamohaniya, it is essential to manifest ‘Bodha' - understanding. The meaning of Bodha is worth understanding, it is quite illustrative.
Let us observe the sequence in which we acquire knowledge, when we first come to know a substance.
The interaction of a substance and our senses, leads to a 'samanya avabodha' - a simple acquaintance. You just feel that there is something. That is ‘darshana'. After realising that there is something, there is the inquiry as to what it is. That inquiry is ‘avagraha' - perception. Then there is the quandary whether it is this or that. This situation where it is difficult to conclude is ‘iha' - conception. Subsequently, the conclusive knowledge acquired through various indicators that this is it, is 'avaya' - conclusion. After the conclusion, holding it in memory for a long time is ‘dharana' - retention.
All these procedures are gone through in a very short time, and as such we are unaware that knowledge was acquired through such a long sequence. We presume that we saw a particular substance and immediately acquired knowledge about it.
The knowledge about a substance is called “Bodha'. In the same way, knowing the pure, blemish-less, dispassionate, glow like form of the atma in manifest, through listening to the advice of the Sadguru and contemplating over it, is 'bodha’. It may be called the bodhibija -- the seed of enlightenment, bhedavijnana - the science of discerning, or atma sakshatkar - self realisation. With the awakening of such a Bodha, the perverse beliefs from