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
Conclusion
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the picture of their heaven as full of those most refined and superb happinesses which they could not enjoy on the earth which is full of all kinds of imperfections. The idea of their heaven must have been prompted by their unfulfilled desires on the earth. The Carvakas must have been thoroughly satisfied with the material and physical pleasures, and hence they depicted their highest satisfaction as consisting in the carnal pleasures. Their denial of life after death and interest in material pleasures as the highest aim must have been due to their real satisfaction by means of the material pleasures. The Hinayāna Buddhists and the Nyaya Vais'eşikas had too much an oppressive sense of suffering and sorrow of the worldly life, and hence they did not desire any more such a miserable worldly life; they looked upon Mokșa (Nirvāņa and Apavarga ) as a permanent escape from pain and suffering and consciousness. The Mahayanist concept of Nirvāṇa is coloured by their profound sensitiveness to others' sufferings and a philanthropic urge of service and martyrdom to others. The Sainkhya metaphysics seems to have been coloured by the aversion for change and transience of pleasant experiences. The unconscious of them seems to desire to become aloof from the everchanging nature and to experience an unperturbed state of peace and tranquillity. TheJaina philosophical ideas seem to have sprung from their urge to offer security and protection even to the animals from the Vedic sacrifices; it is more philanthropic in nature like the Mahāyāna Buddhism; the Jain Moksa is a result of their fear of pain in the worldly life.
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