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This pursuit of three gems, is a supporting means for the siddhi - accomplishment, that is happening due to the eternal nature of the atma. Moksa is valuable, so also devoted pursuit is valuable only because the atma is eternal.
In the Agamas, a lot has been told about the importance of devoted pursuit, about the greatness of the jivas in devoted practice, and the siddhi attained at the end of the pursuit has been mentioned as the supreme goal. The background of all these encompasses the eternal nature of atma. The tremendous effort of Dharma for the attainment of permanent and infinite bliss is made because atma is eternal. Why else would the path of devoted practice and the Dharmakshetra come to exist?
The purpose of the doubts and their clarifications in Atmasiddhi Shastra is to highlight the belief in the Jain tradition that the ultimate state of the atma is the supreme soul - the parmatma state, which can be attained by all jivas. This belief is not merely oral, intellectual or imaginary; infinite number of jivas who have attained this supreme state are even today experiencing the eternal true disposition of the self.
There are two dispositions of the jiva - one is the true natural disposition of the self, and the other is the affected disposition. The affected disposition that results in a body of mass, does not remain for a long time; it does get transformed. Until such time as the atma, reacting in its own true natural disposition, is on the path of progress and has not yet reached the state of complete and total progress, there are bound to be both heeyaman (waning) and vardhaman (waxing) results. These continue right until the eleventh gunasthana. But once that stage is passed and Veetaraagata - that is total absence of passions, which is the true natural disposition of the self, is attained, there is no instability, there is no heeyaman result. Then there is only a
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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 |