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I am the Soul
149 Total (Hafst) nirjara. There are karmas on the soul. When they rise, they are suffered and discharged. The miseries get discharged as they are suffered in dependence. The withdrawal that occurs on account of penance - sacrifice etc., done inadvertently is all Akam (316TH) nirjara in which there is no Samvar. When with the firm belief that I am the Soul, pure, spotless, without the affliction of even a single atom', there is the experience of the true form of the Soul, and subsequently a stability in the same feeling, it is a strong Samvar and results in such a profuse withdrawal of karmas that they start flowing away and cannot stay with the atma, their stay becomes impossible, that is Sakam (414) Nirjara, where Asrava is stopped and Samvar occurs.
These two - Samvar and Nirjara are the only answer to moksa. Firstly Samvar, followed by Nirjara and resultant moksa.
The last principle is Moksa. What shall I say of moksa - Freedom? Where there is bondage (bandha) there is freedom (liberation). Since the jiva is in bondage it can be liberated. Total release in all ways, for always from the karmas is liberation - Moksa. In Srimadji's words -
एक परमाणु मात्रनी ना मळे स्पर्शता, पूर्ण कलंकरहित अडोल स्वरूप जो; शुद्ध निरंजन चैतन्यमूर्ति अनन्यमय,
314 cry, tyd HEST TG 4 ....3 .. That's it! Attainment of such a true-form is moksa.
Thus having known, considered and understood the six substances and nine principles properly, it is necessary that we make the analysis of heya, jneya and upadeya. If there is no scope of personal company of the sages, if you do not get a chance to find a Sadguru, under such circumstances the worthy jiva can perform his own penance with the support of the scriptures that concentrate upon renunciation and self-realisation.
The method of self-study will be handled later.
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