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 Moka
be explained if the manas is atomic, for during the deep sleep the mind being atomic or minute enters the vein purītati and thus, all knowledge ceases to exist for that interval; when again the mind comes out of that vein, knowledge begins to operate."'\
Gotama says in his Nyāya Sūtras that “The mind is one on account of the non-simultaneousness of cognitions."? Every one has his own mind because his knowledge is limited only for himself and also for the reason that all the knowledge does not make appearance simultaneously at one at the same time. In one following sūtras it is stated that -“The appearance of simultaneousness is due to the mind coming in contact with different senses in rapid succession like the appearance of a circle of firebrand."3 Thus simultaneity is mistaken for continuous succession of the states of consciousness. The Tarkabhuşā says —"That which is an instrument of the soul for the acquisition of knowledge is the mind..... It is the cause of attaining pleasure, etc. Due to its contact with the external object knowledge is acquired.94 The manas has a peculiar function to perform. The main function of the manas is to attend to objects which are perceived by the sense organs. Even though the sense organs come to be connected to the external objects and they
1 Annambhatta (Com.): Tarkasangraha, p. 13. Edited by Athalye and Bodas.
& Vidyabhushana S. C. (Tr.): Nyāya Sūtras of Gotama, Sūtra 135, p. 102.
3 Ibid. Sūtra 137. 4 Mis'ra Kes'ava : Tarkabhās' , p. 78.
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