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
Parva-Msmāmsa
Parthasarathi mentions one view, that according to some Mimānsakas, although the external organs cease to exist, the mind persists in the state of liberation and the soul rests experiencing the supreme happiness by means of the mind (FRANTIERT.' The Bhätta Mīmāsakas hold that in the state of liberation no happiness can be enjoyed since the soul loses its contact with the sense organs including mind which, according to them, are absolutely neces. sary for enjoying happiness. There cannot be happiness because there are no sense organs with which happiness is enjoyed, and there cannot be sense organs since there is no body in which the sense organs reside, and there cannot be the body because there is no cause for the birth of the body as the Karma which causes rebirth is totally annihilated. Perhaps the soul may be possessing tranquillity and peace in liberation; it is also known as the bliss which may be regarded as the highest happiness; which is of the supersensuous nature. Kumārila and Parthasarathi seem to restrict the term 'sukha' only to sensuous happiness which can be experienced only by means of the sense organs. They are perfectly
1 Mis'ra Pärtba sārathi: S'ästradipikā, 1.1.5, pp. 126, 127. बालेन्द्रियाण्येव मुक्तस्य निवर्तन्ते, मनस्तु तस्यामवस्थायामनुवर्तते । तस्यां मुक्त्यवस्थायां मानसप्रत्यक्षेण परमानन्दमनुभवनात्मावतिष्ठते । 2 Ibid. p. 127. न च मुक्तस्येन्द्रियाणि संभवन्तीति
कथमानन्दानुभवः स्यात् । न हि मुफस्यामन्दानुभवः
संभवति करणाभावात् ।
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