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NandiSootra
to a man's pursuits including realisation of his human, moral and spiritual goals). The state where all these are completely destroyed and consequently the soul becomes absolutely refined, pureand radiant and acquires infinite knowledge and perception,is known as Kewal-jnana (omniscience). Once attained,
Kewal-jnana is never destroyed. There is no darkness in the universe that can dim the light of Kewal-jnana. This is the highest level of knowledge and can be acquired only as human being. It is with a beginning but without an end, and is ever uniform.
Although the Kewal-jnana of Arihant Bhagavan and Siddha Bhagavan is the same, it is still said to be of two types. The Kewal-jnana resident in a human body with life-span is said to be bhavasth Kewal-jnana. In other words, Kewal-jnana acquired by a soul that has not yet completed its life-span in the human body is bhavasth Kewal-jnana. Still simpler definition is the Kewal-jnana of a living human being is called bhavasth Kewal-jnana.
This is further divided into two classes sayogi and ayogi. The power of the soul or chetana vibrates soul-bits (The soul is formless and indivisible. However, in order to understand its activity in our terminology it is conceptually divided into infinite simal sections called atrna-pradesh or soul-sections. For ease we shall call them soul-bits). This vibration manifests itself in the mind and, in turn, in the body as activities like thinking, speaking, moving etc. In other words it activates the mind and the body.
This combination of soul with mind, body and speech is called YOGA. This yoga is active from the first to the thirteenth level of spiritual practices or purity of soul known as Gunasthana. At the highest or the fourteenth level it is finally absent. At the twelfth level although complete detachment is attained, Kewal-jnana is not acquired. At the thirteenth level Kewal-jnana is acquired and yoga is still existent; that is why it is known as sayogi Kewal-jnana. At the fourteenth level yoga becomes absent and so it is known as ayogi Kewal-jnana.
These two also have two divisions. At the first (pratham) samaya of entry into the thirteenth level Kewal-jnana is acquired; this is called pratham samaya sayogi Kewal-jnana. After this it is called apratham samaya sayogi Kewal-jnana. Similarly that which has reached the final (charam) samaya of the thirteenth level is called charam samaya sayogi Kewal-jnana. Prior to that it is called acharam samaya sayogi Kewal-jnana.
In the same way, Kewal-jnana acquired at the first (pratham) samaya of entry into the fourteenth level is called pratharn samayaayogi Kewal-jnana. After this it is called apratham samaya ayogi Kewal-jnana. That which has reached the final (charam) samaya of the fourteenth level is called charam samaya ayogi Kewaljnana. Prior to that it is called acharam samaya ayogi Kewal-inana. The maximum staying time at the fourteenth level is equivalent to the time lapsed in pronouncing five short vowels of Prakrit Sanskrit language (a, i, u, ri, Iri). This state is also known as shaileshi (mountain like) state. As soon as this ends the Siddha state and dimension is attained.
SIDDHA KEWAL-JNANA
[086] MEANING -Question - What is this Siddha Kewal-jnana?
Answer Siddha Kewal-jnana is said to be of two types Anantar-Siddha Kewal-jnana and Parampar-Siddha Kewal-jnana.
Aagam- 44 -NandiSootra
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Compiled by- Deepratnasagar
