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organs. It does not taste it, do not see the beauty, never smell nor uses the word. It is different from the Rasa, Roopa, Gandha, Shabda, Sparsha, etc. The Soul is eternal, immortal and entirely independent Caitanya Dravya.
Acarya Kundakunda opines that the Soul is not originated from anything, hence, it is not the Karya-task; it does not generate anything and hence it is not the Kaarana-cause. It is known to be Karta from the refuge of Karma. Thus, all Dravya in-spite of being independent seems to appear as non-self dependent externally.
Acarya Kundakunda opines that for the Soul to rescue from the non-self dependence it has to essentially give up the non-self sentiments such as affection, hatred, etc. Do not consider the non-self Dravya as own at all. Such consideration itself is Paratantrata. The person considers non-self sentiments and Dravya as its own in the absence of knowledge of the true nature of the Padartha.
Whereas from the Absolute point of view, the person with knowledge of Paramanu do not consider even a single atom as selfNa vi atthi majjha kinci vi annam paramaanumettam pi |
At the stage of Liberation the Soul remains in its self nature, whereas, being in the mundane world its stage is towards downfall. Self independence lies with remaining constant in self nature. KARMAAND SOUL
The Karma bondage to the Soul is from the view point of various stages and not the real point of view. The Karma is not the cause for Bondage but it is the affection towards the Karmas. The employee working under an entrepreneur is not affected by the profit or loss caused to the firm, because he has no affection towards the firm. On the other hand, the entrepreneur is affected by the profit or loss in-spite of doing nothing. Hence it is clear that the Karmas do not bound anyone but it is the affection the person have towards the Karma leads him to be non-self dependent.