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Dravyasamgraha
the Inconceivable, the Absolute and the like, or to lead it to imagine that salvation can be had by such suggestions as tend to produce mental blankness and fog.
Adapted (with minor alterations) from: Jain, Champat Rai, The Key of Knowledge, p. 653-655.
Ācārya Pujyapada's Istopadeśa
ऐकोऽहं निर्ममः शुद्धो, ज्ञानी योगीन्द्रगोचरः । बाह्याः संयोगजा भावा, मत्तः सर्वेऽपि सर्वथा ॥
(27) I am one, I am without delusion, I am the knower of things, I am knowable by Master Ascetics; all other conditions that arise by the union of the non-self are foreign to my nature in every way. Note: The soul is here described from what is known as the niścaya naya, that is to say in respect to its pure natural attributes, in other words, as a pure spirit. The pure spirit is devoid of parts, and therefore only one; being a pure embodiment of knowledge, without any obstructing veils to curtail the field of its knowing functions, it is devoid of delusion; rid of all forms of defilement and corruption, it is pure; having omniscience for its attribute, it is the true knower; and not being endowed with sensible qualities, it is knowable by the superclairvoyant vision of Great Ascetics and Saints. All the other qualities, attributes and relations which appertain to embodied existence are really produced under the corrupting influence of matter, and are, therefore, not natural to a pure Spirit.
Acārya Pujyapāda's Istopadeśa, English Translation by Jain, Champat Rai, The Discourse Divine, p. 68-69.
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