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Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra
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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
SHRUTSAGAR
February-2016 experience you get to know the one who experiences and by “Guna” i.e. quality or virtue you know the one who possesses these qualities. One can never give the exact description of the soul however powerful language one may use. As it is also said:
'शब्दजालं महारण्यं चित्तभ्रमण कारणम् ॥'
i.e. The verbocity is like a dense forest where the aspirant and listeners easily lose their path to perfection. For one who is desirous of self realization it is better that he does not get entangled in it. No one can explain to anyone the taste of ghee. One has to taste it in order to know the taste of ghee, so also the aspirant can experience the knowledge and infinite bliss of the soul only when he adheres to practice-Sadhana
Though you cannot know the exact nature of the soul with the help of a powerful speech, but still if doubts were arosed they can be cleared with the help of 'Shabda”. Lord Mahavira had done the same. Indrabhuti had doubt regarding the existence of the soul based on the Vedic statements. The Lord did not criticize the Vedas. If we have right faith and right knowledge, there is no need to criticise the scriptures of other religions. Anekanta view point enables one to consider all possibilities, and thus helps to find solutions to contradictory statements.
Though Lord Mahavira was an omniscient, he never said, “I am an omniscient and you have to believe and agree to what I say”. He was never proud of his supreme knowledge and never said that the Vedas were false. In a very polite way he explained the exact meanings of the Vedic statements. He said, “Gautama, just as the ordinary man cannot understand the ‘Paramanu but a Jnani* and a scientist can analyse it corectly, In the same way a Jnani knows the soul and explains it to others with the help of Anumana Pramana'.
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1. Sadhana - spiritual practices 2. Shabda - word 3. Paramanu - atom 4. Jnani - Knowledged person 5. Ghata - pot.
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| SR No. | 525307 |
| Book Title | Shrutsagar 2016 02 Volume 02 09 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hiren K Doshi |
| Publisher | Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba |
| Publication Year | 2016 |
| Total Pages | 36 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Classification | Magazine, India_Shrutsagar, & India |
| File Size | 4 MB |