Agam 01 Ang 01 Acharang Sutra Aayaro Terapanth

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

Page 46

COMPREHENSION AND RENUNCIATION OF WEAPONS
9
4.
Evamegesinh jam ņātam bhavai - atthi me aya ovavāie. Jo imão disão aņudisão vã anusaṁcarai, savvão disão savvão anudisão jo āgao anusamcarai soham.
4. Similarly some (people) come to know
"My soul goes on reincarnating, "That which transmigrates from these directions and
intermediate directions, and which has migrated to this life) from these directions or intermediate directions is none other than 'I' (my soul)."
ANNOTATION 4: 'Who am I?' (kohan) and 'I am Hel (sohañ. these are two very important expressions in the discussion of the philosophy of Soul. The former manifests the inquisitiveness about the nature of one's own self, and the latter signifies direct recognition of the Self (I).
When the Acarya (teacher) was inquired of by his disciple as to what was the token of recognition of the soul, the Acārya replied, "I am He," The expression 'I am Her is thus a means of arriving at the right knowledge known as 'pratyabhijna' in logic, which means a logical conclusion based on the recognition of the object of the past experience with that of the present one. 'Ego', which experiences itself as the 'doer', through the assertions such as 'I do', 'I did', 'I shall do', is to be identified with the Soul (the conscient reality) and not with the body (the physical reality).
It may be mentioned that Soham (I am 'He') is also a chant in the Yoga system. There it signifies identification of soul with the Supreme Reality. 4. 0114141f, etirang, AFH14rf, fakturanti 5. Se āyāvāi, logāvāl, kammávai, kiriyāvāi.
5. Only he (who comprehends the doctrine of transmigration)
is a believer in the doctrines of Atmavada doctrine of objective reality of soul, Lokavada -doctrine of real existence of the world, Karmavāda doctrine of reaping the fruits of one's
actions, and