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120 • A Reservoir of Infinite Power
of the potential of the self. People have been looking at external means but have not attained anything. Even while looking inward, if one views the pure soul as consisting of several properties or forms, it is not likely to realise the self. One has to be cautious at every step. The pure soul has to be looked upon as one indivisible whole. Unless the whole of the object is viewed as one, it cannot become an instrument for the end. If someone adopts the property of knowledge as a means to achieve the goal of becoming an Omniscient, it is not possible, as the state of omniscience does not exist independent of the whole of the pure soul. Likewise, taking recourse to each of the properties as a means does not help in self-realisation. Recourse to the whole of the indivisible soul alone can ensure the purest manifestation of all properties.
Thus, an holistic view alone will ensure the right path and this constitutes the real instrument. Just as a masterkey acts as a means for opening hundreds of locks, adoption of this key of instrument renders belief in all other means as futile. Inward looking facilitates deeper thinking about the self and its pure nature. It is this piercing attitude and understanding separation of self and Karmas that acts as means for ultimate realisation and elimination of even subtle Karmas. Attachments and external acts as means are highly temporary, unreliable, cause anxiety, unhappiness and lead to perpetual worldly existence. Inward-looking at the pure soul as a whole yields permanent, completely reliable, anxiety-free, supreme happiness and ‘Moksha devoid of transmigration. That is why the pure soul is called 'SelfSovereign King' of the entire Universe.
The means and ends of a substance have to exist in the same substance and not in other substances. This is the
| SR No. | 007661 |
| Book Title | Pure Soul and Its Infinite Treasure |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Jayantilal Jain |
| Publisher | University of Madras |
| Publication Year | 2010 |
| Total Pages | 283 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 6 MB |