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Letter 20
are considered as separate Tattvas and their nature is explained accordingly.
Once we consider Swa Tattva as Jeev Tattva separately then all the other things in this cosmos are included in Para Tattva or Ajeev Tattva. Here I give you an example of a drama depicting the story of King Harishchandra.
Do you know the story of King Harishchandra? Once the story was being enacted in the theater, in the form of a play. On seeing the calamities that befell on king Harishchandra one after another, the entire audience was so deeply touched by the pathetic scenes, that the audience was weeping literaly. Except for one lady, who was least disturbed, and was watching the scenes very cooly and calmly. A weeping lady, sitting next to her, could not resist, therefore, finally asked her -"How cruel you can be? Aren't you least affected by the touching scenes ?"
She said, "Oh! he is my husband! that is why, inspite of his par excellence performance in the role of King Harishchandra doesn't evoke pathos in me, because I know that- how much ever, he may seem to be identical and close to the character of King Harishchandra, yet he is what he is! He is different person than the role he is performing. And his nature is not going to change a bit."
Similarly all these seven principles are separate from each other. Even though all these are different states of Jeev, yet Jeev Tattva itself is separate and different from these states i.e. Asrava, Bandha, Samvar, Nirjara and Moksha. Jeeva Tattva is a separate Tattva in itself. Though Jeev is in conjunction with the body, it is still different from the body, which is Ajeev Tattva. Though this Jeev seems to be angry or sorry etc. actually Jeev Tattva is different and passions like, anger sorrow etc. are different Tattvas.
Just as when we see a dirty piece of cloth, even in that dirty condition, the cloth is different and dirt is different. Their nature, existence and characteristics are different from each other. That is why they can be separated from each other. The advertisements in the T.V. also convey the same message, that the dirt can be removed or separated from the clothes. The only difference here is that the purpose of advertisements is to mint money on their detergent products whereas we have to concentrate and differentiate the two different Tattvas which exist.
We have to focus our attention on Jeev or Swa Tattva. In the present stage where Jeev is having Mithyatva i.e. wrong belief about the exact nature of itself and is full of passions, yet the Jeev Tattva itself is different from these passions and wrong beliefs. It is always same in nature i.e. pure sentience substance i.e. Chaitanya an eternal Tattva and the impurities of passions like attachments and aversions etc. are separate from it.
