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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Ātman and Moksa
dwells upon pleasure."! The tendency to stick to pleasurable objects always ultimately makes the mental bond for the objects permanent, and hence, attachment is caused. “Aversion is that which dwells upon Pain.':? It is a psychological fact that one does not like to pursue a thing which does not yield to him pleasure or happiness. The human mind has the tendency to flee away from the objects that cause it pain; the painful objects cause repulsion or aversion in the human mind. The acquisition of pleasure and pain or happiness and unhappiness depends upon the nature of the deeds which are meritorious or the non-meritorious. It is said "According as they are due to Merit or Demerit they bring about Happiness or Unhappiness."3 Thus the actions of merit ensure happiness and the actions of demerit bring with them unhappiness.
The Samkhya philosophy holds non-discrimination (afāze) responsible for the sufferings in life. The Yoga also traces the origin of suffering to illusion or affal. It is further added “The cause of that is Illusion (Ignorance).”. Ignorance of the real nature of the soul and of its distinction from the Citta that acts as an instrument of knowledge causes deception, and hence, the sufferings which belong to the Citta are misappropriated by the soul,
1 Jha Ganganath (Tr.): Patanjala Yoga Sūtrāni, Sūtra 7, p. 82.
2 Ibid. p. 82. 3 Ibid. 14173. * Ibid. 23/94.
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