Istopadesa The Golden Discourse

SR No.: 007695
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp
Total Pages: 170
Language: English, Sanskfit
Classification: Book_English & Book_Devnagari
File Size: 3 MB

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inflow of karmic matter towards the soul and subsequent bondage. Passions in the form of anger, pride, deceitfulness, and greed are manifestations of the soul due to its bondage with karmic matter.
Karmas obscure the purity of the soul as the clouds cover the bright sun. The soul suffers obscuration of its natural attributes due to the associated karmic dirt. Redemption and purification of the soul is possible if the gateway for the inflow of karmic matter is closed and the karmas already associated with it are allowed to be cast off by blocking new passionate manifestations. The obstruction of the inflow of karmic matter is called stoppage (samvara). It is of two kinds, psychic stoppage (bhāva samvara) and material stoppage (dravya samvara). The cessation of activities that lead to transmigration is psychic stoppage; it is followed by material stoppage as the taking in of karmic matter is cut off.
Ācārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra explains the nature of stoppage of karmas (samvara) as under:
जस्स जदा खलु पुण्णं जोगे पावं च णत्थि विरदस्स।
सवरणं तस्स तदा सुहासुहकदस्स कम्मस्स ॥
(143) As long as a person pure in life is really free from action conducive to pleasure or pain through thought, speech and body, he is protected from karmas, beneficial and harmful, that is, these karmas are prevented from approaching him.
Chakravarti Nayanar, A. (2009), “Ācārya Kundakunda's Pañcāstikāya-Sāra”, Bharatiya Jnanpith, New Delhi,
Third Edition, p. 117.
The soul is the most worthy object to meditate on. Affective states of desire and aversion, and activities of thought, speech and body are the conditions that attract karmas, good and evil, towards the soul. A seasoned practitioner observes several restraints and controls in order to attain purity of meditation. He curbs his
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