Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth

Author(s): Shobhachad Bharilla
Publisher: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth Prakashan Samiti Byavar

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पंचम अध्याय : १३
dual efforts began to be directed to the end which would cause the least suffering to the other living beings. The second discovery of the Efficiacy of Effort became the driving force of the Soul. These two discoveries combined, led to the third discovery of the Transmigration of Soul. If Soul was a permanent substance; it has the capacity to attain its fullest purity. This led to the Fourth Discovery of Siddhi or final attainment. These four discoveries together constitute the fundamental basis of the Ideology of Spiritualism. 3. Definition of Shramana : Ātmic or Inner Effort is the life qua non of the Ideology of the Spirit or Soul. The right inner effort leads to Siddhi or Nirväņa. Word Shramaņa stands for the right inner effort. Shrama means exercise of the spirit and austerity which are the qualities of the Soul or Spirit. The suffix word “N” stands for knowledge. Knowledge signifies rightness, Shrama, thus, means “The Spiritual Way" and Sramaņa, as a follower of this way, is the individual or society pursuing activities in a righteous, spiritual way. Soul is inherently free and self-existent and always effortive. Shrama or inner effort, thus, allows no fear or compulsion. The society founded on the "right inner effort" is a Shramanic society. The word Shramaņa later came to denote an ascetic, a Munior a Yati following the Jaina or Buddhist way. The follower of Shramana came to be called Shramanopasaka. But that was not the original meaning of the word Shramana. Shramana in its origin, signifies "one who makes effort or exertion with a right inner prospective". The word originally applied to all the stages of life; householder's or ascetic, Shrävakas or Munis. The Shramanic society is one that is founded upon free, fearless and right individual and social effortiveness. The pre-Aryan people of the region extending from Egypt to Bhārata had developed the homogenous spiritual way based on right inner effortiveness; hence we may call them the Shramanic people and their region, the Shramanic region. The people followed the Shramanic way. 4. Egyptian Shramanism : The Egyptians believed in Soul, its transmigration to future life and its final attainment. When an Egyptian died, he 'went to his ka'. This was his material body after death. The actual personality of the individual in life consisted of visible body and invisible intelligence. The Visible and the Invisible was depicted in one symbol-the human-headed bird with human arms. This signified the fact that the material or physical existence of the individual is best typified in the animal while his spiritual existence is his innate intelligence. This bird-man is called 'ba'. "Ba' has commonly been translated as Soul. This symbolism of bird-man is of great far-reaching significance. Egyptians held the animal sacred. The immigrant Asiatic people engrafted a more elevated form of belief. They believed that animals had certain attributes of divinity. They had 'Souls' just like men. This symbolism definitely establishes the unity and oneness of spirit in animal and man. It is quite certain that the Egyptians believed in body and intelligence; Matter and Spirit. These spiritual beliefs of the Egyptians are contained in the book "The Manifestation of Light" miscalled "Book of the Dead". The essential parts of this book originated in the most ancient times. This book claims to be a revelation from Thoth. The oldest monumental evidence of the existence of Thoth is available in the oldest existing Egyptian temple belonging to the reign of Chefren (Shafra), the builder of the second pyramid. He belonged to the Fourth
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