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 Mokşa
only by them and not by any non-conscious objects of the material world; hence the significance of liberation or freedom from pain is only for the souls, the experiencers (bhoktā). The efforts of the Praksti are directed towards the liberation of the souls (Purusas) from their three kinds of pain. The above list of pain is exhaustive so that it does not leave out any other possible pain. It appears that the Praksti carries on its enormous activity for displaying its rich and wonderful capacities of producing the infinite varieties of things. The Praksti, no doubt, does evolve out of itself such a great variety of things and thus becomes successful in causing various kinds of enjoyments in the soul. But all such pleasurable experiences are transient; they last little and ultimately they leave behind them a sense of deprivation and frustration. The worldly pleasures are inseparably bound with pains which arise, either in course of their acquisition and maintenance or after their being exhausted. Anyway, the wordly pleasures fail to secure for the souls final enduring bliss and peace, and hence, there is a search for a permanent freedom from such experiences. It has been already sufficiently discussed whether the unintelligent Prakști can carry on its evolution to satisfy the purposes of the souls. As the Prakti is devoid of intelligence and consciousness (acetana) it cannot carry on its evolution with a purpose or teleology. However, its activities are carried on in such a way that its activities are automatically adjusted to the purposes of the souls. The teleological nature of the Praksti's evolution is,
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