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the pure supreme soul, the ultimate real. One should find out as to which things are favourable to the purity of the soul and as to which things are harmful to the purity of the soul. So, one should regard the former as deserving to be acquired and the latter as deserving to be abandoned. And consequently one should acquire the things deserving acquisition and abandon those deserving abandonment, if one wants to attain liberation.
One's own things and others' things should be looked upon as things only without distorting the former with the feeling of mineness or attachment and the latter with the feeling of not-mineness or aversion. When one reaches the highest point of the feeling of neutrality or indifference one will surely attain the final Beatitude.
One should be free from all desire. One should not desire even one's own soul. In other words, one should not get attached to one's own soul. So long as feeling of attachment arises in one, one will not attain liberation. One who is completely free from desire - one who has no desire even for liberation attains liberation. Desirelessness, which is nothing but non-attachment (vītarāgata), is the nature of soul, in the ultimate analysis it is infinite bliss or happiness.
One should realise that his soul is different from all other things which are foreign to it. Soul is not identical with body, sense-organs, material karmic atoms, objects of worldly pleasure, etc. So one should destroy infatuation with them and get established in soul's pure and pristine nature which is equanimous, self-revelatory and self-luminous. One should withdraw oneself from all foreign things, turn inward and meditate on one's pure supreme soul. As a result of this meditation one attains the state of liberation fully permeated with the highest bliss.
This tiny treatise has covered all the important and essential aspects of nature of soul. Brevity and clarity are the salient features of its style. So it will be of great value to the scholars and the students of Jainology. It will, no doubt, create interest in them for the further reading of great works on the spiritual wisdom of the Jainas.
NAGIN J. SHAH 23, Valkeshvar Society, Ambawadi, Ahmedabad - 380015. India October 2, 2010
| 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 |