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The nine principles (Navtatva)
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Ras and Pradesh (degree and quantity) are determined. They are called Prakriti Bandha, Sthithi Bandha, Kala
Bandha and Pradesh Bandha. (8) The Nirjara Tatva (The principle of annihilation):
Nirjara means destroying Karmas. The rubbish in the soul has to be eradicated and the soul has to be cleansed. Just as we purify the impure water in a lake by means of chemicals, we have to cleanse the soul and purify it by means of Tapas or austerities. As the various Karmas get destroyed, to that extent the water in the soul comprising
knowledge etc. gets purified. (9) The Moksha Tatva ( The principle of salvation) :
When all the passages through which the rubbish comes into the soul have been fully blocked and when all the impurities have been fully removed, the water becomes pure and pellucid again. In the same manner, when all the impurities in the lake of the soul have been completely removed, when all the Karmas have been completely destroyed, then the infinite knowledge, boundless faith, boundless purity, endless and ineffable felicity manifest themselves. When all the bondages of Karma have been completely broken and cut off, the Jiva attains its natural form. Moksha is the totally natural form of the liberated soul, totally released from the bondages of Karmas, the body, the senses etc.
After we have learnt properly this section relating to the Nav Tatvas or the nine principles, we realize clearly what is fit to be learnt and known, what action is fit to be done, and what things are to be discarded. We will be able to see the sure way to attain spiritual development and elevation. . (1) Of these nine principles the jivatatva and the ajivatatva
are fit to be known. We should endeavour to understand
them. (2) Sin, inauspicious asrav (influx) and bondage are condemn
able and are fit to be discarded.
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