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Buddhists, the upholders of momentarism in which this is impossible, one is the doer of karmas and another is the enjoyer of their fruits. The self itself gets bound with karmic material atoms, and it itself gets liberated. The one who is bound gets liberated. This is impossible in momentarism. The soul reaps the fruits of bondage and liberation. Bondage, liberation and their fruits have their respective causes.
In the state of liberation the soul, being free from passions and karmic material atoms, is established in its pure and pristine nature. As there are no material karmic coverings to blur the natural qualities of the soul, its four natural qualities, viz. knowledge, vision, bliss and energy are fully manifested to the infinite degree in the state of liberation.
It defines liberation as follows. The total and absolute dissociation of karmic material atoms from the soul (on the complete extinction of passions) is liberation.
Now it deals with the means to attain liberation. Right spiritual faith or inclination, right knowledge and right conduct all these three together constitute one means for the attainment of liberation. Firm unswerving faith in the group of nine spiritual truths (navatattva) as they are is called right faith. Right or valid knowledge is the definitive or determinate cognition of a thing as it is. It reveals both its own self and the external object. It is both pramăna (organ of knowledge) and pramiti (resultant cognition) from different standpoints. Right spiritual conduct is explained in three ways : (1) To remain firmly steady in the right spiritual faith or inclination as also in the right knowledge is called the right spiritual conduct. (2) Or to remain indifferent or equanimous in happiness and misery is called the right spiritual conduct. (3) Or 'I am alone, I am knower and seer, there is nobody with me in happiness and misery'- deep and strong reflection like this is called the right spiritual conduct.
Peaceful and auspicious time and place as also external austerities like fasting etc. which are conducive to deep reflection or meditation and equanimity, right faith and right knowledge are regarded as the assisting causes of right spiritual conduct. One should always, in favourable and adverse circumstances, meditate on the pure soul free from all passions to the best of one's ability. Soul soiled with passions can never grasp or realise the ultimate reality, viz. the pure supreme soul. So to be free from defilements like attachment, aversion etc. (passions) one should become completely free from delusion or infatuation, and taking recourse to indifference should get fully engrossed in deep meditation on
| SR No. | 022420 |
| Book Title | Svarupa Sambodhana |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Nagin J Shah |
| Publisher | Hindi Granth Karyalay |
| Publication Year | 2011 |
| Total Pages | 36 |
| Language | Sanskrit, Hindi, English |
| Classification | Book_Devnagari & Book_English |
| File Size | 8 MB |