Tulsi Prajna 1995 07

SR No.: 524584
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 164
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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Vol XXI, No. 2 (kālastikaya). According to Jains in this world there is a place both for worldly beings and Siddhas. Those liberated siddhas who are absolutely devoid of eight karmas dwell in aloka.“
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Thus the above study of the concept of universe in the Sütrakrtänga reveals the fact that the Jains face the perplexity of the crea. tion of the universe According to them the universe is neither created nor destroyed. It is beginningless and endless. It is only the condition of initiation, continuation and disintegration which are responsible for the formulation of the universe and separation at regular intervals. Hence the Jains presented a doctrine of the cycle of evolution (utsarpin) and involution (avasarpinr). There is no necessity of the creator for the creation of universe, nor is it essential to have a destroyer for the disintegration of the universe. The cycle of formation and disintegration of the universe is because of the uniformity of the creeds of nature. The cycle of human birth and rebirth is because of the accumulation of karmic matter owning to the action of the soul. When karma is destroyed, the souls experience the eternal happiness in the region of the free and the liberated (siddhassla). References 1. Asim Kumar Chatterjee, A Comprehensive History of Jainism,
Firma KLM Pvt. Ltd., Calcutta, 1978, p. 233. Munisri Hemachandra, Sri Amarmuni and Munisri Nemichandra, Sütrakstānga Sūtra (Prathama Srutaskandha), Atma Jnana Pitha, Punjab, 1976, p.26. (Here after Abbreviated as Sūkļ (Prs). M, Winternitz, A. History of Indian Literature, vol-II,
Mushiram Manoharlal, New Delhi IInd ed. 1972, p. 438. 2. Bhagavati Sutra, XII, 4, 481 3. Hermann Jacobi, Jaina Sūtras Part-II, Motilal Banarasidass, 1973
reprint, p. 245. 4. Saky (Prs), pp. 228-229.
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