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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Ātmap and Moksa
the light of bliss and beatitude which it attains to by being freed from Karma, it has no form. For, if on the one hand, the soul is to have a form by the virtue of its own, then it cannot but be dull insentient matter -- Pudgala devoid of all consciousness and intelligence (Jñana caitanya or sambita ); on the other hand, if it be absolutely formless then by the virtue of its being free from all activities too (Kriyārahitvāt), bondage and freedom would become incompatible with its own nature and saṁsāra too would be impossible and there would therefore be no necessity for teachers to impart instructions on the real nature of the soul nor for scriptures enjoining duties which are required to be performed for the attainment of Nirvāzam Sāntam.”ı
The Jainas regard complete renunciation as the prerequisite of the experience of liberation. The Jaina Sadhu must be entirely free from all kinds of attachments and should make use of nothing as his own. He should not use even clothes to experience complete freedom. The Digambara sect of Jainism holds that only the nudes or naked ones can attain final redemption. The Digambara sādhus, therefore, move without any garment. They consider the (dik) or direction or air as their ambar or garment. They hold that women feel ashamed of remaining naked, they cannot move naked, therefore, they can never reach liberation. According to the Digambara sect, women can never attain mukti or mokşa. The other Jain sect known as the S'vetāṁ
1 Nahar and Ghosh : An Epitome of Jainism, pp. 279, 280.
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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 |