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
act as hindrances in the path of the attainment of Mokşa. These austerities when practised sincerely and honestly, help to arrest the further influx of the Karmic matter into the soul, and its attainment of redemption becomes easier. The practice of such an ethical code naturally purifies the character of an individual and thus he can reach the final state with greater confidence and greater speed.
The other necessity of the attainment of moksa is the Nirjarā. Nirjară means dissipation or throwing off the Karma-matter from the soul. It means the complete neutralization of the Karma-matter. The fetters of the soul may gradually wear out in :a lengthy and tedious period. But Nirjará consists in deliberately casting off the Karmic matter or in hastening the ripening of the Karma and thus shedding it from the soul. As J. Jaini says --"By removing the mind from the demands and impulses of the body, and by mortifying the physical man through not listening to its greed and temptations, matter may be overcome and the soul freed from the bondage."!
Nirjară may be Akāma or Sakāma i.e. with a purpose or without a purpose. The natural maturing of a Karma and its separation from the soul ::is . called Sa-vipāka-nirjară (afata fHÁTT). Inducing a
Karma to leave the soul by means of a contrary Karma, or by means of ascetic practices is called a-vipāka-nirjarā (aprata AHITT) (riddance without fruition). Just as a fruit may become ripe on the tree
" Jaini J. : Outlines of Jainism, pp. 40–41.
2 Ibid. p. 41. A 17
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