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I am the Soul
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Now, just think! If all the kevalis were to attain moksa like this then who would give us the principles? There is no totality in any knowledge other than kevaljnana. The power to perceive all the bhavas of the Loka-Aloka is there in kevaljnana alone. All other jnanas, whether Avadhijnana or Manahparyavajnana are all incomplete. They are all equivalent of an infinite part of kevaljnana. Therefore, nobody else can narrate the complete knowledge of atma and other substances like the kevaljnani Bhagawant. So the question is whether we would have had these spiritual Shastras that we have now, if all kevali paramatmas were to be Antakrut Kevalis and would have proceeded to attain moksa immediately after kevaljnana. We would not have been able to attain the path of moksa. The path, which the Sadgurudeva has indicated, is also based on the principles propounded by the Jineshwar Bhagawant.
The tradition that has been coming from Bhagawan Rishabhdev's times, has been continuing unbroken for more than millions of years. The credit for this goes to Jineshwar Bhagawant. Therefore, we are infinitely indebted to them. That is why, Srimadji while finishing this grantha, dedicates his own faith at the feet of Jineshwar Prabhu in this final gatha
देह छतां जेनी दशा,
वर्ते देहातीत,
ते ज्ञानीना चरणमां, हो ! वंदन अगणित.... १४२
Aha! What an unparalleled state! In spite of having a body - deha, if one does not have an awareness of it, it is a state beyond the body dehatit state. The body is there on account of the previous karmas, it has its own dharmas, it has its own natural transformations. The atma is locked within this body. It cannot escape until the release of this body. In spite of all this, the atma is beyond the thought of the body. The body exists but the feelings for it do not. The body existing is one thing, while the awareness of the body existing is another.
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