Samayasara OR Nature of Self

SR No.: 011119
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: A Chakravarti
Publisher: Bharatiya Gyanpith
Publication Year: 1950
Total Pages: 406
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 38 MB

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of the various processes by which the material particles get transformed into karmic particles One who knows these material changes and the nature of the pure Self, who is only a spectator of these changes is the real Jñāni, the Knower par excellence
ज भाव सुहमसुह करेदि आदा स तस्स खलु कत्ता।
त तस्स होदि कम्म सो तस्स दु वेदगो अप्पा ॥१०२॥ Jam bhayam suhamasuham karedi āda sa tassa kalu katta Tam tassa hodí kammam so tassa du vedago appa (102)
य भाव शुभमशुभ करोत्यात्मा स तस्य खल कर्ता ।
तत्तस्य भवति कर्म स तस्य तु वेदक आत्मा ॥१०२॥ 102 Of whatever psychic disposition, good or bad, the Self is produced he is certainly the (substantive) cause That disposition becomes his karma or action and the Self enjoys the fruits thereof
COMMENTARY Psychic disposition or bhāva is of three kinds, subha bhāva, asubha bhāva, and suddha bhava, good disposition, bad disposition, and pure disposition beyond good and evil, The first two are the characteristics of the empirical Self which is subject to karmic bondage, and the third refers to the Self in his pristine purity Subha bhava is associated with virtuous conductor punya, and asubha bhava is associated with evil or papa The former may lead to happiness and the latter to misery The third being beyond good and evil, transcends the worldly pleasure or pain and implies eternal bliss, characteristic of the transcendental Self The psychic disposition both good and evil are modifications in the empirical Self, according to its ethical nature Whether the Self be good or bad, it can only manifest in corresponding psychic dispositions and have nothing to do with karmic material modifications
The author next explains the reasons why the Self cannot be the causal agent producing modifications in alien things
जो जह्मि गुणो दव्वे सो अण्णम्हि दुण सकमदि दव्वे । सो अण्णमसक्तो कह त परिणामए दव्व ॥१०३॥