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
gretted and repented for the breach of his vow and indulgence in acute anger. He further thought, that he ought to have maintained love with all creatures of the world and no malice for the ministers and attachment for the son. He severely condemned his mental act. He despised it and withdrew himself from such feat of anger and malice. Oh king, when you thought this way, you asked me the next question and I replied that he would be born in the SARVARTHA Siddha heaven as a god. Even thereafter he continued purification of his mental reflections and gradually he reached the stage 'Kshapaka'. When his 'Ghati Karmas' were totally annihilated, omniscience was revealed to him.”
On hearing this reply from the Lord, the king Shrenika got his doubts resolved. The moral derived from this illustration is that, the soul achieves its uplift by auspicious reflections and it is degraded by inauspicious ones. We also deduce the following conclusions from this tale :
(1) Reflections of the soul are not uniform all the while. They change from time to time.
(2) Soul passes from good reflections to evil reflections and from evil to good ones.
(3) Certain circumstances or causes operate for the change of reflections. Good circumstances transform the reflections into good ones and evil circumstances transform them into evil ones.
NUMBER OF REFLECTIONS
Reflections of the soul go on changing and new reflections crop up. Thus they are very many in number. They cannot be counted as the grains of sand. So they have very many grades also.
If these reflections of the soul did not change then they would have remained all the while uniform and no uplift or degradation of soul would arise and variety in Karmas also could not exist.
WHAT IS REFLECTION ?
Question :-Whether a soul in Nigoda remaining almost unconscious gets reflections ?