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
Jainism
231 to te performed for the attainment of Nirvāṇam sāntam."i
The Jiva or soul is a Dravya or elementary substance which is uncreated. Hence it ought to be called eternal. The Şarvad ii śansargraha describes also the Bhinnibhinna relation between the soul and knowledge. The soul on the one hand cannot be separated from knowledge nor can it be completely identified with knowledge. Thus, even though consciousness (caitanya) is the natural and essential characteristic of the Jīva, knowledge or jñāna is not so because it depends upon the particular state in which the soul appears. The form and degree of the knowledge that it possesses depends upon the particular avasthā or condition in which it exists. Therefore, the knowledge as possessed by the soul is variable and relative to the particular position that it occupies. Hence such a variable characteristic cannot be said to be its permanent and essential characteristic. Therefore, the Jiva or soul is said to be bhinnābhinna, neither entirely identical nor entirely different from knowledge. It is both one with and different from knowledge. The relation between the soul and knowledge is not one of samavāya (inherence). Without consciousness it cannot know and discriminate and will, and therefore, cannot be legitimately held responsible for doing
1 Ibid. p. 280. 2 Sarvadars'anasangraha, p. 69.
ज्ञानादभिन्नो न नाभिन्नो भिन्नाभिन्नः कंचन । 3 Ibid. p. 69. • Syā dvādamanjari, p. 48.
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