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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SAMAYSAKA
--virtue leads to samsāra, desire the same with the belief that it will lead to moksha
COMMENTARY Those who observe all the rules of conduct imagining that they are walking the path which leads to moksha are entirely mistaken Even good conduct leads to karmic bondage An ignorant person who is not aware of this truth and who boastingly exclaims, “I have kept up all the commandments, what more shall I do to enter into kingdom of God”, will soon be dısıllusioned
Thus ends the Chapter on Punya Next the author takes up the discussion of papa or Vice He indirectly implies that Vice is the cause of samsāra by stating the opposite-moksha and its cause
जीवादीसदहण सम्मत्त तेसिमधिगमो णाण ।
रागादीपरिहरण चरण एसो दु मोक्खपहो ॥१५५॥ Jivadı saddahanam sammattam tesimadigamo nānam Rāgadi pariharanam charanam eso du mokkhapaho (155)
जीवादिश्रद्धान सम्यक्त्व तेषामधिगमो ज्ञानम्।
रागादिपरिहरण चरण एष तु मोक्षपथ ॥१५५॥ 155 Belief in the padārthas such as soul, etc, is right faith, and knowing their true nature is right knowledge, then rooting out attachment, etc, is right conduct These together constitute the path to moksha
COMMENTARY
These are the well-known three jewels or the ratnatraya which constitute the moksha marga, according to Jainism Ratnatraya or the three jewels are considered from two points of view, vyavahāra and nischaya Vyavahara ratnatraya gradually leads to moksha, and nischaya ratnatraya directly leads to moksha
Of these two the Rishi must choose the direct and the immediate path to moksha, that is real or higher ratnatraya. But the other one which operates gradually in producing the fruit ought to be accepted by the ordinary mortals