________________
163
Ätmasiddhi
remain detached, while undertaking any activity. Such activity amounts to Nivrutti.
The worldly soul thus needs to cultivate a sense of detachment so as to avert the bondage of Karma. One may logically ask, "When every activity is supposed to be fruitful, how can retreating from attachment (or resentment) remain without fruits?" The answer is that retreating from attachment would be fruitful in the form of gaining equanimity and thus not leading to any bondage. Since old Karmas are extinguished by bearing their consequences and since no new bondage occurs, one can reach the Karmaless state. That itself is liberation. The attainment of the Karmalessness can therefore be termed as the fruit of such retreating.
વીત્યો કાળ અનંત તે, કર્મ શુભાશુભ ભાવ; તેહ શુભાશુભ છેદતાં, ઊપજે મોક્ષ સ્વભાવ.
|| Go||
Vityo Käl Anant Te, Karma Shubhäshubh Bhäv; Teh Shubhäshubh Chhedatän, Upaje Moksha Swabhäv.
Jain Education Infernational.
Infinite time has elapsed while maintaining the mode of good or bad; the state of liberation arises by uprooting those good and bad modes.
For Private & Personal Use Only
1
www.jainelibrary.org
