Pravachansara

SR No.: 034445
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers
Total Pages: 407
Language: Hindi, Sanskrit, English
Classification: Book_Devnagari & Book_English
File Size: 16 MB

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Pravacanasăra
believers (samyagdṛṣṭi); such souls are engaged in pure-soul nature (svasamaya) and are worth knowing.
Explanatory Note: Those who, after acquiring this present state of being that is the result of the union of the soul (jiva) and the matter (pudgala), asamānajātīya dravyaparyāya, find themselves powerless to see the true nature of their souls are, certainly, ekantadṛṣṭi - having the absolutistic point-of-view. They suffer from delusion in two forms: 1) sense-of-mine (mamakāra) in objects or things, like the body, that are not the soul but are the result of fruition of karmas "This body is mine', and 2) selfconsciousness (ahamkara) concerning objects or things that definitely do not belong to the soul - 'I am the king'. As a result, fleeing from the true soul nature, they entertain dispositions of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveṣa) towards external entities like the son, the wife, and the friend. They are engaged in impure soul-nature (parasamaya). Those who are absorbed in the trio of substance (dravya), qualities (guna) and modes (paryaya) of the soul, know the true nature of the soul; they are anekāntadṛṣṭi – having non-absolutistic point-of-view. They are rid of sense-ofmine (mamakāra) and self-consciousness (ahamkāra) in external objects or things, like the body. They do not entertain dispositions of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dueṣa) towards external entities, and engage themselves in pure soul-nature (svasamaya). Being svasamaya is the nature of the soul. Blessed are those engrossed in pure soul-nature!
अपरिच्चत्तसहावेणुप्पादव्वयधुवत्तसंबद्धं ।
गुणवं च सपज्जायं जं तं दव्वत्ति वुच्चंति 12-3॥
अपरित्यक्तस्वभावेनोत्पादव्ययध्रुवत्वसंबद्धम् । गुणवच्च सपर्यायं यत्तद्रव्यमिति ब्रुवन्ति ॥2-3॥
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