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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The statements in their totality ...
Only a jiva whose mind is filled with lofty thoughts is capable of pursuing the three gems. A narrow mind is not suitable for devoted pursuit. Generosity and loftiness open the doors of the inner self.
The disciple's mind is confused after listening to people of very bigoted thinking, from various religions-schools-sects who believe in moksa being attainable through rituals. As a result he is unable to come to a conclusion about the truth in the method of moksa. He had placed his doubt before the Gurudev, saying
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One has to give up both the insistence and the option that belief in a particular religion or philosophy leads to moksa. Where there is insistence, there is ignorance. A sage is never insistent. Insistence arises out of ignorance. Then it may well be about religion or philosophy. Whether in the field of dharma, society or family, ignorance plays its part. Indeed, a man engulfed within the framework of his own beliefs, and narrow thinking alone would be insistent. He would not be a lover of truth. Whereas a sage would seek the truth alone. “I accept what is true' is the principle of a sage, while ‘Accept what I say as the truth' is the principle of an ignorant person.
A sage can evaluate a subject, a thing or a situation in several ways. Can measure its various aspects. That is why the great intellectuals and thinkers of the Jain tradition have presented the principle of syadvada. What is this syadvada? It is simply a balanced view of things, far removed from insistence. It can be