________________ Acarya Kundakunda's Pravacanasara - Essence of the Doctrine आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित प्रवचनसार Acarya Kundakunda's Pravacanasara - Essence of the Doctrine आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित प्रवचनसार * Prakrit . Sanskrit * Hindi English Divine Blessings: Acarya 108 Vidyanand Muni By: Vijay K. Jain Divine Blessings: Acarya 108 Vidyananda Muni * Published: 2018 Hard Bound VIJAY K. JAIN * Printed on Art Paper * Pages: Ixi + 345 ISBN 978-81-932726-1-9 * Size: 16 x 22.5 cm Rs. 600/Acarya Kundakunda's (circa 1st century BCE) 'Pravacanasara' is among the most popular Jaina Scriptures that are studied with great reverence by the ascetics as well as the laymen. Consciousness manifests in form of cognition (upayoga) - pure-cognition (suddhopayoga), auspicious-cognition (subhopayoga) and inauspicious-cognition (asubhopayoga). Pure-cognition represents conduct without-attachment (vitaraga caritra). Perfect-knowledge or omniscience (kevalajnana) is the fruit of pure-cognition (suddhopayoga). The soul engaged in pure-cognition (suddhopayoga) enjoys supreme happiness engendered by the soul itself, this happiness is beyond the five senses. Omniscience (kevalajnana) is real happiness; there is no difference between knowledge and happiness. Delusion (moha), the contrary and ignorant view of the soul about substances, is the cause of misery. The soul with attachment (raga) toward external objects makes bonds with karmas and the soul without attachment toward external objects frees itself from the bonds of karmas. . . . . . . . . . . 355
