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SUPREME DIVINITY THAT POSSESS INFINITE ATTRIBUTES
A worldly person has a number of desires, which make him restless. He strives hard to get happiness. In spite of tire-some labour, he cannot satisfy himself all the time. This makes him frus. trated and results in painful emotional state. Such an emotional state may bring happiness, which is not eternal. This happiness is illusion and may lead to sufferings and pain. Sufferings may also be attributed to ones own karma or sins. Thus, a man wanders in search of happiness and removal of sufferings until death. This results in Gati bhramana or wanderings in the samsara.
Thus. a jiva being pure and perfect becomes impure due to causes and influence of the attachments and aversions. This re. sults in various karmic materials bondage (leshya) on the soul. However, if a person aims at liberation (Moksha) and adopts the path of liberation (Moksha-marg), and thereby he can annihilate all the karma. When he understands self-nature of his soul (nij swabhava) and all the karmas are destroyed, purity shines. Such selfluminous, pure and perfect soul is the God (Supreme Divinity).
Unlike faiths like Hinduism, Sikkhism, Islam, Christianity etc., God, in Jainism, is not considered, as a creator, sustainer ruler and destroyer of the world. Jainism lays emphasis t man is potential God (Divinity). That is to say, one can become God and attain the purity and perfection.
In Jainism a soul attains eternal bliss, perfection and purity, when all the karmas are destroyed and such a Jiva becomes Su. preme Divinity (God) and that possess infinite attributes, such as Infinite Knowledge (Ananta Jnana), Infinite Faith (Ananta Darshana), Infinite Bliss (Ananta Sukha), Infinite Power (Ananta Virya) etc.
The aforesaid is the central theme of the book “The Concept of Divinity with special reference to Jainism" being authored by Dr. AJAY KUMAR KOTHARI, who was my article.apprentice stu. dent during his C. A. studies. I wish him all round success in his personal and spiritual life and attaining Divinity.
B. T. VAJAWAT B. Com., F. C. A. Secretary, Shree Chandraprabhu Jain College for Men,
Chennai.
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