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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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
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अपरेऽध्यवसानेषु तीव्रमंदानुभागगं जीवम्। trid Tentsat silahaf alle zita sfat 114011 कर्मण उदयं जीवमपरे कर्मानुभागमिच्छंति ।
tardirajuzi T: A wafat tita: 1141|| जीवकर्मोभयं द्वे अपि खलु केचिच्जीवमिच्छंति। 3447 Feta gaur ghafu usifat 114211 एवंविधा बहुविधाः परमात्मानं वदंति दुर्मेधसः। ata qutefalfaat: AgaualleffifceT: 1143||
The ignorant persons who do not know the Self (soul) declare a non-Self as the Self. Some ignorant persons describe the Adhyavasāna (thoughts of likings and disliking associated with wrong belief) as Jīva (soul) and some state that Karma is Jiva. [39]
Some identify Jīva (soul) as the intense and mild feelings in the form of Adhyavasāna. Some identify the physical body (Nokarma or quasi-Karma) as Jiva (soul). [40]
Some believe the rise (fruition) of Karma as Jiva (soul). Based on the (wrong] notion of the ability of Jīva becoming intense and mild, some believe that the strength of the fruition of Karma is Jiva. [41]
Some consider the combination of Jīva (which is unknown to them) and Karma as Jiva. Some believe that the association of (eight types of] Karma is Jīva. [42]
In all these and many other wrongful ways, perverse-minded living beings identify the Self with non-Self. Those who subscribe to the real point of view (who know the reality) do not regard all such ignorant living beings as the believers of the ultimate truth (the reality). [43]
Annotation
In these stanzas and in many other stanzas in this chapter, Ācārya Kundakunda has explained the soul by describing what the soul is not. Such description in the negation mode is also
important and desirable. The erroneous concepts prevent the