Soul Science Part 01

SR No.: 006928
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parsmal Agarwal
Publisher: Kundkund Gyanpith Indore
Publication Year: 2014
Total Pages: 220
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Appendix - 2
Arahanta, Siddha, and God : A worldly living being is a combination of a physical body and a soul. This combination, on death, gets dissociated but its constituent entities such as soul and Paramāņu of the physical body never die. After death, the soul gets associated with a new body. The new body and location is decided by the laws of nature. Just as a signal of the cell phone reaches another mobile phone according to the definite laws of nature, a soul also reaches and attains another body immediately after death as per definite laws of nature. The laws of nature related with souls are technically termed as Kārmika laws.
A pure and liberated soul experiences bliss and is called the supreme soul (Paramātmā). Such a soul is also called Siddha. Each soul is capable of becoming a Siddha. The liberated soul reaches a region in this universe which is called Siddhālaya. Its location is described in Appendix-3. All Siddha have been worldly souls before attaining the liberation. In physical sense, there is nothing any special in Siddhālaya. Souls in Siddhālaya do not have any physical body. Therefore, flowers or good food or so called sources of worldly pleasures have no meaning for Siddha.
A pure soul without body living in the Siddhālaya is known as Siddha. There are many (infinite!) Siddha in the Siddhālaya. All such Siddha enjoy bliss without any physical body. They have no desire of any kind. Each Siddha is omniscient. Before becoming Siddha, a soul in the blissful and omniscient state in this world with a physical body is known as Arahanta. Siddha and Arahanta do not possess any liking or disliking for any person or thing. They are free from Rāga (liking/ craving/attachment/attraction) and Dvesa (disliking/ aversion/hatred/repulsion). As regards the shape and size of the soul of a Siddha, Siddha's invisible soul has almost the same shape and size as of the last physical body (human being) of Arahanta at the time of leaving of the soul from the body.
Creator and controller
All Siddha and Arahanta are equivalent as regards their spiritual bliss. Neither any Arahanta nor any Siddha controls the world. According to Jain philosophy, there is an automatic procedure run by the universal laws for all worldly affairs. The fate of every living being is decided by oneself as per Kārmika laws. Earthquakes, rains, storms, and all events happen as per laws of nature. As regards creation, each constituent of this cosmos is eternal. It can neither be created nor