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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Atman and Mokṇa
of souls; i.e., the Samsarin and the Siddha Jivas. The Siddha Jiva is the liberated soul and the Samsarin Jiva is the soul in bondage. It is also called the mundane soul, and it is combined with Karmic matter.1 S. Dasgupta also describes the soul in the following way. He writes-"The soul in its pure state is possessed of infinite perception (अनन्तदर्शन ), infinite knowledge (अनन्तज्ञान ), infinite bliss ( अनन्तसुख ) and infinite power (a). It is all-perfect. Ordinarily however, with the exception of a few released pure souls, all other j.vas (samsarin) have all their purity and power covered with a thin veil of Karma -matter which has been accumulating in them from beginningless time." The Sarvadarśanasangraha defines the Samsarin Jivas as that which passes from birth to birth.3
The soul in bondage (samsări) passes from birth to birth in search of unending bliss and happiness. In its worldly state it is devoid of such bliss but it is fully capable of realising it in its perfect and liberated state. It tastes various fruits-bitter and sweet of the worldly acts but does not feel contented with them; it ultimately rests in the eternal bliss of perfection (mukta). The Jiva possesses in addition to the five powers belonging to the five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight and audition, three powers known as Bala Prāņa which are bodily power (Kayabala), speech (Vacanabala) and mind (manabaļa).
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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
1 Ibid. p. 17.
2 Dasgupta S.: A History of Indian Philosophy, Vol. I,
p. 189.
8 Sarvadars'anasangraha, p. 70.
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