Mahavira Life and Philosophy

Author(s): Sumeruchand Diwakar Shastri
Publisher: Jain Mitra Mandal

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deluding & Mobaniya) karma; feeling (Vedaniya) karma; body - building Nama ) karma, age (Ayuh) karma & family determining Gotra ) karma. He attained Infinite conation ('Anant Darshan), Infinite power (Anaat Virya), Perfect, right-belief (Samyakadarshan ), Undisturbability (Avayavadhata), Extreme fineness (Syrshmatva ), Interpenetrability (Avagahanatya) respectively.
Thus the liberated souls are free from eight kinds of karmas and are possessed of eight qualities. They are blissful, undefiled by karmic inflow, everlasting, having accomplished all that was to be accomplished. They reside over the summit of the universe. The above description contradicts the views of the Sadashiva school, which holds that the soul was never bound by karmas; the Samkhya, philosophy, which holds that bondage and liberation are caused by 'Prakriti and Purusha has no hand in it; the Maskari school of thought, which holds that the liberated souls again return to the world; the Buddhists, who believe that every thing is transiept therefore liberation is also transient, the Vaisheshiks and Naiyayikas, who believe that liberation results after the destruction of knowledge, happiness and other qualities of the soul; the Isbavara school which holds that God is always free and creates the world, and the Mandali who affirms that the liberą. ted soul always goes on moving upward ad infinitum. Distinct Individuality. .. . ..
. It is worthy of pote that the soul after salyation maintains its distinct individuality and it does