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the visible link. It is the something which still feels discontented, when the body and even the mind have found all that they want. It is a more inner principle of life than even mind. It is that which has the instinct of peaoe and bliss. Despite all our pangs and sorrows, we still hope for the best. This unkillable hope is the faintest index to the Eternal Bliss, which is an everpresent characteristic of soul."
«The hurry and competition of life soon tire us. This is due neither to laziness nor to love of weakness. It is only the germ of compassion which is in the soul of man. It is the pursuit of peace,-of undisturbable tranquility-that is a great feature of the soul in its pure condition. The Peace and Bliss are the twin goals aimed at by the soul. They cannot be ever-lasting unless based on deep, detailed, and well-digested knowledge. Perception and conviction are conditions of Perfect Knowledge. Thus, perception, Knowledge, Peace and Bliss are the great characteristics of soul. In combination, they imply an enormons power in the fully-evolved Soul."
The doctrine of Soul is not, in the Jaina view, a mere matter of faith; it is a matter of observation and common sense. If people shut their eyes to the noon-day Sun, and go on asking: " Where is the Sun, we cannot see it. There is no sun;" there is no remedy; they cannot see the light. By shutting one's eyes to facts or explaining them away, if they oppose our pet theory or scepticism, we cannot kill facts, although Truth is shut out in part or wholly. I try to make this clear, as Jainism cannot be properly understood and followed, unless we believe in a soul and clearly realise our belief, and analyse, in details, the meaning there of.
'All the souls in the universe can be classified into two main divisions. One division contains Muktātmās FITAT or those Liberated Souls who having completely destroyed the bondage of all the eight Karmas and being possessed of eight great qualities of the soul viz.
1. Ker ila Jnana wo
Perfect Knowledge.
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| SR No. | 008001 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 650 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 15 MB |