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Any of the above means may trigger the awareness of earlier births. This, in turn, reveals with certainty that what transmigrates from and to the said directions is none else but I' (the soul that is me). This awareness enhances the spontaneous feelings of faith in dharma, samveg (yearning for liberation), and vairagya bhavana (detachment from the mundane). (see Illustration 1)
The sentence--Who was I ? (Ke aham asi ?)-informs about the awakening of the curiosity about soul. And the sentence--That is me (So-aham)-informs about its fulfillment.
A man becomes atmavadi only when he has belief in soul. Once he believes in soul he also accepts the existence of the lok or world (the mundane) because the transmigration (purvajanma or preincarnations and punarjanma or reincarnations) of soul takes place only in the world. Lok means the physical or material world. The cause of transmigration of soul in the lok is karma. It is the fruition of karmas that causes the reincarnation of soul and directs its transmigration in various directions. Therefore he who believes in lok also believes in karma. The cause of bondage of karmas is activity (kriya) maligned by attachment and aversion or indulgence inspired by meritorious and evil intentions. Thus the right awareness of soul with the help of memories of the past births is accompanied by the awareness of lok, karma and kriya. Therefore that person is called atmavadi, lokvadi, karmavadi, and kriyavadi. आम्नव-संवर-बोध
४. अकरिस्सं चऽहं, कारवेसु चऽहं, करओ यावि समणुण्णे भविस्सामि। ५. एयावंति सव्वावंति लोगसि कम्मसमारंभा परिजाणियव्वा भवंति।
४. (वह आत्मवादी मनुष्य यह जानता/मानता है कि)-मैंने क्रिया की थी। मैं क्रिया करवाता हूँ। मैं क्रिया करने वालों का भी अनुमोदन करूँगा।
५. लोक-संसार में ये सब क्रियाएँ/कर्म-समारंभ-(हिंसा के हेतु) हैं अतः ये सब जानने र एवं त्यागने योग्य हैं।
आचारांग सूत्र
Illustrated Acharanga Sutra
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