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અધ્યાત્મતત્વાલક,
[ vizja સમતાપ્રાપ્તિ માટે કારણપરંપરા–
સમતાનું સ્કરણ મમવરૂપ અંધકારને વિધ્વંસ થવાથી થાય છે, અને મમત્વતિમિરના વિધ્વંસ માટે “અનિત્યભાવના” વગેરે–મહર્ષિ
એ બતાવેલી -બાર ભાવનાએ અવિશ્રાન્ત ભાવવી જોઈએ છે.”—૨૧
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The study of the following nine principles as laid down in the Scriptural Texts helps the practice of pious reflections for the realization of Truth.
The Jiva Tattva :-The first predicament is Jiva. It has several connotations as soul, living being, consciousness and vitality. The soul is perishable (Vyavahāra view ) and imperishable (Nischaya view). Notes on Ātman on the Shloka 14th in the first chapter, may be well referred to. Souls are classified into liberated and worldly souls. They, both, are without beginning and end and have knowledge and perception. The librated souls are of fifteen kinds according to the way, manner, class etc., from and by which they were liberated; their power, vision and bliss are illimitable. Souls are again divided into Sthāvara ( gross ) and Trasa ( animals ),
The Sthivara souls cannot move at their will while the Trasa can do so. The Sthāvara souls are classified into five kinds; souls of mineral bodies; of water; souls that incorporate light fire; souls of air and souls in the vegetable kingdom. They have
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