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
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Atman and Mokpa
control the operation of the adrsta and thus to supervise its working. The Vais'esikas and the later Naiyāyikas do not dispute the existence of God, but seek to know his nature.
God is describeđ as a self, as the supreme self' of a different category by Annambhatta. In Tarkasa graha he distinguishes the two in the following way — "The soul is the substratum of knowledge. He is twofold, Human and Supreme. Of these the Supreme Soul is the all powerful, omniscient God, devoid of pleasure and pain for He can see all the subtle atoms."'! The Supreme soul is omniscient... Knowledge is eternal with God. God is not perceptible as He does not possess any physical quality (rūpa) like colour, etc. The Human soul and the Supreme soul have knowledge in common. The working of the world cannot be explained in terms of the movements of the atoms and the adssţa which are unintelligent. The atoms and the adsşta being unintelligent cannot work out intelligent patterns of movements in the world. God works as the organiser of the world with the help of the eternally existing atoms and the desert. He combines them and actually carries on the affairs of the world.
God has personality but no body because he is not governed by the desert or Karma power which alone is the cause of the production of body. God possesses neither merit and nor demerit He is free
1 Annambhaļa : Tarkasamgraha, p. 12. 2 Ibid p. 12. aug u ear oftaral
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