tman_and_moksa

SR No.: 020053
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University
Publication Year: 1965
Total Pages: 901
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Atman and Mokṣa
and of the parivrājakas, those who do not know the Highest Brahman, go to light (archis), from light to day, from day to the half of the moon to the six months when the sun goes to the north, from the six months when the sun goes to the north to the year, from the year to the sun, from the sun to the moon, from the moon to the lightning.
There is a person not human-He leads them to Brahman (the conditioned Brahman). This is the path of the Devas. But they who living in a village practise (a life of) sacrifices, works of public utility and alms, they go to the smoke, from smoke to the night, from night to the dark half of the moon, from the dark half of the moon to the six months when the sun goes to the south. But they do not reach the year. From the months they go to the world of the fathers, from the world of the fathers to the ether, from the ether to the moon. That is Soma, the king. Here they are loved (eaten) by the Devas, yes, the Devas love (eat) them." This is known as Kramamukti or Progressive Liberation.
For Private And Personal
Having dwelt there till their good works are consumed, they return again that way by which they came, to the ether, from the ether to the air. Then the sacrificer, having become air, becomes smoke, having become smoke, he becomes mist. Having become mist, he becomes cloud, having become a cloud, he rains down. Then he is born as rice and corn, herbs and trees, sesamum and beans. From thence the escape is beset with difficulties. For, whoever the persons may be that eat the food, and