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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
Atman and Mokṇa
Ayu, Nāma, Gotra, and Vedaniya Karmas. Both these kinds of mokṣa together lead to perfect liberation.1
"Thus after attaining Kevala Jñana, the cause producing bondage being absent and Nirjară being present, a person becomes free from the remaining Karmas, viz. Vedaniya, Āyu, Năma and Gotra Karmas and thus being void of all kinds of Karma, attains liberation", says Umaswamin. When all the Karma is completely burnt up and when nothing remains behind to transmigrate from one existence to another, the Jiva no more passes from one birth to another. Then the Jiva becomes eternally free from the cycle of transmigration and lies at rest in its own pure form. It then enjoys permanent bliss and shines in its own light. The root cause of samsari jiva's existence, Karma, being eternally destroyed, the soul rises to its supreme heights of the Lokākās'a and rests there in its grandeur and glory of purity and perfection.
According to the Jainism, the liberated persons, either men or women, have to lead mendicant's life, for otherwise they cannot keep themselves free from Karma. The Jaina liberated persons are dispossessed of everything. They live by begging. They have driven from their heart all desires, passions, emotions, attachments, prejudices. They observe strict nonviolence or non-injury towards all organisms, from men to the smallest invisible creatures. They speak less, eat less and claim nothing. They have severed all bonds and ties. They seek nothing for the
1 Ghosal S. C.; Dravya Sangraha, Vol. I, 37, pp. 96-97.
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| SR No. | 020053 |
| Book Title | tman_and_moksa |
| 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 |