Agam 01 Ang 01 Acharang Sutra Aayaro Terapanth

Author(s): Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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tained the stream, leaving the world, the great (soul) becomes free from karma and knows and perceives (the truth) and does not desire (anything), being introspective; having comprehended the coming and going, he crosses the path of birth and death, being established in perfection (viz. the state of emancipation)16. For the seer, there is no need of instruction17. Of one who is free from kar ma there exists no description. It is kar ma that gives rise to (the necessity of) imposition (of characteristics)18.
(vii) Mysticism: The wise is neither bound nor liberated19. The ātman is the knower, and the knower is the ātman: that by which one knows is the atman20. The liberated state is not expressible through language; nor is it amenable to reasoning; intellect does not penetrate there; the passionless (āt man) is conversant with the nature of 'what is without support' (viz. emancipation); he is neither long nor small...... neither feminine nor masculine nor otherwise (neuter)...... there is no analogy; it is formless existence; there is no condition of the unconditioned 21.
(viii) Renunciation: Such person is rightly called 'houseless' who is straightforward, follows the right path, and
16. ibid. 1,5. 6. 120-122:
vipaettu soyam nikkhamma, esa maham akammā jāpati pasati padilehãe nāvakamkhati, iha āgatim gatim parinnāya accei
jai-maranassa vattamaggam vakkhāya-rae 17. ibid. I, 2.3.73:
uddeso pasagassa natthi 18. ibid. I, 3.1.18-19.
akammassa vavahāro na vijjai
kammuņā uvāhi jāyai 19. ibid. 1, 2. 6.182:
kusale puņa no baddhe, po mukke 20. ibid. I, 5.5. 104:
je āyā se vinnāyā, je vinnāyā se āyā,jeņa vijānati se āyā 21. ibid. I, 5. 6. 123-140:
Savve sara niyaçtamti takkā jattha pa vijjai mai tattha na găhiyā oe appatitthanassa kheyanne se na dihe, na hasse.......... na itthi, na purise, na annahā.. uvamā pa vijjae arūvi satta apayassa payam natthi