Atmatatva Vichar Or Philosophy Of Soul

SR No.: 023322
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijaylakshmansuri, Ghanshyam Joshi, Kirtivijay Gani
Publisher: Mohanlal D Mehta
Publication Year: 1963
Total Pages: 568
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 39 MB

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PHILOSOPHY OF SOUL
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The queen also was aggrieved at the king's attraction for the dancing girl despite the presence of beautiful queens in the harem. She realised that worldly ways are futile.
This light of knowledge spread more and more in her heart and she also attained “Omniscience” her “Ghatikarmas” (heinous acts) being consumed.
The king also having realised his error highly repented and condemned himself for having entertained such mean thought for the dancing girl. Consequently his “Ghatikarmas" also were consumed and he realised “omniscience.”
The dancing girl also thought, “I am the root of all this evil. My beauty maddened Ilakumar and infatuated the king. Fie to this beauty of mine. I shall now resort to nunhood.” Knowledge dispels ignorance, and overpowers infatuation. Thus knowledge brought over great change in her mind and she also attained omniscience. All the four omniscient souls preached truth and gratified the worldly beings.
This whole incident justifies that the ignorant soul would take millions of years to consume the acts but the soul with knowledge would consume them in a moment to attain omniscience and consequent beautitude.
DEVOTION TO KNOWLEDGE
Every year we celebrate 'Gnan Panchami' and then the importance of knowledge is preached, but who attends sincerely to this preaching? If we attained to this importance of knowledge our plight would have been quite different from that in which we lie for the present. We, ignorant of so many things, are not conversant with scriptural knowledge and we have no knowledge of our proper duties. We are not aware of what is eatable and drinkable, what is not eatable and not drinkable. If real consciousness or knowledge is propagated the present conditions would be reversed and the path of progress would be quite smooth and easy.
Yesterday we told you that knowledge is five-fold. Today we shall dilate on these five varieties of knowledge in order to enlighten fully the nature of knowledge.