________________
216
to the top-most part of the Universe as pure Effulgence of Spirit, and is termed the Most High.
MYTHOLOGY
Why there is no marrying or being married in 'that world' is because there is no distinction of sex there. Sex appertains to the body, but not to the spirit; hence the same soul becomes now a male, now a female in the course of transmigration. But when the other shore" is reached both the longings of sex-passion and the physical bodies that are necessary to support sex-organs are burnt up with the fire of asceticism and jndna, and there is consequently neither marrying nor giving in marriage in nirvana.
The Sons of God, thus, are those pure and perfect Souls who have attained their high Ideal, and become Gods. They have destroyed the. bondage of karmas and the consequent lability to repeated births and deaths, and are now living at the top of the Universe as the Conquerors of the Dragon of Ignorance and its chief allyDeath. They are called the Sons of God, because they are heirs to the heritage of divinity, so to speak, having attained the perfection of God, which is the goal of spirit's evolution. Pure, perfect happiness, ie., eternal, unabating bliss, the power to defy Death, i.e., immortality, omnipotence, infinite knowledge and infinite perception, called the ananta chatushtaya in Jaina Scriptures, are the attributes of Their divine Souls. They are the true Teachers of mankind and the fountain-head of perfect Wisdom, hence Religion. Their chief characteristics, as given out by Jesus (Luke, xx.-34-36), are:
Jain Education International
For Private & Personal Use Only
www.jainelibrary.org
