Jainism as a Faith

SR No.: 250180
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shreechand Rampuriya
Publisher: Z_Kesarimalji_Surana_Abhinandan_Granth_012044.pdf
Publication Year: 1982
Total Pages: 6
Language: English
Classification: Article & Samyag Darshan
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.6 Karmayogi Sri Kesarimalji Surana Abhinandana Grantha : Seventh Part (2) Virati - To stop the ingress through Avirati one has to take recourse to religious vows. The avowed determination to keep away from sins is what is called Virati. It is the second Sarvara and it stops second Asrava. (3) A-Pramadam Religious fervour or zeal is the third Samvara and it stops the third Asrava. (4) A-Kasaya-It means the subsidence of Anger, Pride, Deceit and Greed by the opposite virtues of calmness, modesty, simplicity and contentment. This is a stoppage to the fourth Asrava. (5) A-Yoga or non-activity of mind, body and speech. This is a stoppage to the fifth Asrava. Thus (1) by avoiding delusion (2) by abstaining from sins and subduing the senses, (3) by avoiding carelesesness by watchful observance of all activities and mental dispositions, (4) by freedom from passions and vanquishing anger etc., and (5) by avoiding sinful activities or complete cessation of the same, the soul becomes free from Asravas. Nirjara The prevention of Asravas by Sarvara is the first step towards the liberation of the Soul. As to free oneself from debt, man has to stop new borrowing and pay the old debt; so to free the soul from Karmic matter, the first step is to guard it from further pollution and then to remove the pollution already existing. Sarvara is the first half of the process and the second half is Nirjara or shaking off the particles of Karmic matter from the soul. MOKSA OR SALVATION After the last particles of matter are got rid of or shaken off, the soul appears in all its grandeur. It leaves its Karmic body and becomes void of all weight which was consequent upon the Karmic bondage. Thus, being free from all foreign influence, it ascends up and goes to the abode of the siddhas or liberated souls called Siddhasila, which is at the top of the universe and it resides there in excellent blessedness. It cannot go up beyond that as Dharma, the substance helping movement, it not found thenceforward. The soul onca liberated does not come in contact with the matter again and births and rebirth are ended once for all. This deliverance of the soul is called Moksa or salvation. This is complete annihilation of the Karmic Bondage. The soul so liberated is pure, it, being all-knowledge, all-perception, all-power and all-happiness. It has no visible form and it consists of life throughout.