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the doer of good and auspicious thoughts and acts, it attracts auspicious karmas and
enjoys their pleasant fruits. 5. The soul can be liberated: - If there is a cause, the effect is bound to follow. The soul can
attain Liberation if the cause of bondage is removed by e stoppage of influx of karmas and by efforts like austerities, non-attachment, and meditation. Liberation is a natural
state of Soul-pure consciousness. 6. There is path to 'liberation': Soul can be freed by realization of soul and by practicing
religion.
Through such a composition it follows that one cannot merely have blind faith in spiritual matters. It becomes more essential to become doubtless by raising doubt. It becomes all the more necessary in spiritual matters to purify the intelligence through proper guidance. Therefore one cannot deny the importance of knowledge as a precondition for right faith. According to him intellectual knowledge can be purified by submission to a Sadguru.
His main emphasis on sadguru, bhakti, satsanga, and svādhyāya suggest that with such an approach he evoked the inner feelings of the aspirants. Such an emotional growth would on the contrary lead a person to overcome a feeling of apathy to its opponents and that is what he has suggested bringing about a reconciliatory approach between incompatible views.
2.3 Legacy He had a lot of correspondence with various individuals. One of the important people was muni Laghurāja Swāmi; a Jaina monk and an ardent devotee of śrīmad. They had a lot of correspondence with each other. After his demise Muni Lahguraja established śrīmad's asrama at Agas.
Today we find lot of asramas in the name of śrīmad. The new age spiritual gurus have established these āśrama. Some of these aśramas are established at Kobā (near Ahmedabad), Deolali (near Nasik) and Dharampur (Valsad). These complexes consist of temples. The images serve the purpose of having an external instrument for worship and not of image worship. These complexes also contain meditation halls, libraries, guesthouses, even residences, hospitals etc. In paryūṣaṇa and other holy days there are sessions for satsanga and svādhyaya. These gurus who have mastered the words of the scriptures impart so to the followers.
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STUDY NOTES version 5.0
| SR No. | 007711 |
| Book Title | ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 01 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | International School for Jain Studies |
| Publisher | International School for Jain Studies |
| Publication Year | 2013 |
| Total Pages | 352 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 21 MB |