Atma the Self

Author(s): Punyadarshanvijay
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan

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.... ĀTMĀ
The Self....
There are two units in Ghātaki Khanda and two in Puşkarāvarta dvipa practically similar but bigger than Jambūdvipa.
Jambūdvipa divided equally
in South and North South
North
Situated at | Type of life Dēvakuru 111 Uttarakuru Central half circle A-Eternal
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Mahāvidēha (East)
Harivarsa
3
Mahavideha,16 Vijayas | D-Eternal (West)
in each Ramyaka in between two B-Eternal
upper mountain ranges.
Himavants
4| Hairanya
in between two / C-Eternal lower mountain
ranges.
Bharata
5
Airavata
Extreme South North
A to F (TimeCycle ref.pg.40)
At times the soul also passes through the Heaven as Celestial being with all the happiness or through the Hell as an Infernal being with continuous, incomprehensible pain and tortures or as a Human being/Sub-Human being (even to Nigoda), subjected to longevity and intensity according to natural and mathematical process.
Even though Dēva-angels-Celestial beings with subtle, astral bodies with a life span of countless years (minimum 10,000 years) enjoy the most pleasurable and happiest conditions, their status and material benefits throughout remain the same. They are envious of others, who have higher standard due to more merits (Punya), which leads to anger and discontent. They are full of infatuations, rarely think of future births and thus squander away accumulated merit (Punya).
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