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
पहेलु पद ते मारे आत्मदेव सत् छे Ha, ferri, Brig Fagy ...(?) चेतनना चमकारे चोमेर व्यापतो
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The unlimited faith towards the Gurudev has opened the doors of the disciple's heart. In his mind are more doubts about the atma. These he states now -
बीजी शंका थाय त्यां, आत्मा नहीं अविनाश;
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The disciple is studious. He is aware of the principles believed in other faiths. And hence there is now a new doubt in his mind. The second statement was - 'atma is permanent. But the disciple says, 'Gurudev! I cannot believe that atma is indestructible. I have accepted that atma exists, but the atma gets created when a body is created and gets destroyed along with the body.'
In an excellent treatise 'Visheshavashyak Mahabhashya' (विशेषावश्यक महाभाष्य) composed by Acharya Jinabhadragani Kshamashramana, there is a chapter - Ganadharavada. In that are mentioned the doubts raised by the eleven Ganadharas of Bhagwan Mahaveer, on account of their not having understood the Vedas before being ordained, and the clarifications offered by the Prabhu. There is a detailed discussion over the doubt that jiva and body are one, raised by the third Ganadhara, namely Vayubhuti, to which the Prabhu has offered a clarification.
The doubt is that the elements earth, water, fire and air get together to form the body and therein is formed a substance called atma. Just as the flower of dhatura, jaggery, water and so on are not intoxicants by nature, but when they are mixed the intoxicating substance is produced. Similarly although the four elements earth etc., do not possess the life energy, yet when they get together the life energy is created in them.