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
The Systems of Rāmāpuja ....
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pervading by means of its attribute of knowledge. The Jiva is the knower (jñātr), the agent (karts) and the experiencer (bhoktr); it is limited in its knowledge and bliss while in saṁsāra as it is enveloped by karma which is caused by avidyā which is beginningless but terminable. The jīva is limited in its knowledge and powers and it suffers in the world. There are innumerable souls, one for each body, and each soul is the knower as well as knowledge at the same time, knowledge being its property (dharma). The soul suffers as long as it is in bondage, which is a result of ignorance (avidyā). The soul becomes free from the worldly afflictions (kles'a ) by dissociating itself from the prakyti and karma. It attains liberation (Mokşa) when it becomes one with the Brahman finding its shelter in it. But it does not lose its individuality in Paramātman even in Moksa. It enjoys then the perfect knowledge and bliss of Paramātman. It enjoys the divine bliss, omniscience and divine glory in Moksa. Moksa can be attained by prapatti, total and unconditional surrender to the Parmātmā who by His grace liberates the finite souls and gives them eternal rest and delight.
The soul (jiva) is atomic in size;' it is extremely minute and is as minute as the hundredth part of the extremity of a hair when divided into hundred parts.? It occupies some one portion in the body and 1 Nimbārka : Brahma Mimāṁsā Bhā sya, 2.3.19.
Balsy: 1 2 Ibid. 2.3.12. - एषः अणु: आत्मा बालाप्रशतभागस्य शतधा कल्पितस्य च भागो जीवः... Ā 36
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