Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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SCHOOL OF
TIONAL
SELF STUDY IS THE SUPREME AUSTERITY
ध्याय परम
IN STUDIES
clear, the self in the Sayogikevali and Ayogakeval-güṇasthānas bears the title of *Arhat11and after this, the title of 'Siddha2! This state of Siddha is beyond all guṇasthānas13.
It may be noted here that the self in these gūnasthānas is called Paramātman4, the doer of Vrttisarksaya, and the possessor of Parädrst. This perfected mystic is established in truth in all directions77. He experiences bliss, which is super sensuous, unique, infinite, and interminable78. Whatever issues from him is potent enough to abrogate the miseries of tormented humanity79. His presence is supremely enlightening. He is the spiritual leader of society80. Just as a mother educates her child for its benefit and a kind physician cures diseased orphans, so also the perfected mystic instructs humanity for its uplift and dispenses spiritual pills to the suffering humanity81. He is always awake82. He has transcended the dualities of friends and foes, pleasure and pain, praise and censure, life and death, sand and gold, attachment and aversion.83 Since he is the embodiment of spiritual virtues, he leads a life of super-moralism but not of amoralism84. Thus we may conclude by saying that the cognitive, conative and affective tendencies of the perfected mystic reveal their original manifestation in supreme mystical experience, which is ineffable and transcends all the similes of the world85
71 Bhavanäviveka 233
72 Ibid.
73 Gommaṭtasara Jīvakārda, 10
74 Ibid.63-64
75 Yogabindu 405
76 Yogadrstisamuccaya, 178, 179
" Acārānga 1/146 (Agama Prakasana Samiti, Beawer)
78 Pravacanasära, 1 13, (Rajacandra Ashrama, Agasa)
79
Jñānāṛava of Subhacandra, XLII-34, (Rajachandra Ashrama, Agasa)
80 Svayambhustotra of Samantabhadra, 35 (Vira Seva Mandir, Delhi)
81 Ibid
82 Acaränga-sutra, 106
83 Pravacanasara, III. 41; Svayambhustotra, 10
84 Jñānāṛava of Subhacandra, XLII-33
85 Acaränga-sutra, 176, Jñanaṛava, XLII- 75, 76, 77
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