Mahavira and his Teaching

Author(s): C C Shah, Rishabhdas Ranka, Dalsukh Malvania
Publisher: Bhagwan Mahavir 2500th Nirvan Mahotsava Samiti

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HOW IT WORKS
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Nature of elementary particle of matter is combination, separation and movement. The karma molecules embedded in the soul, like the radio active elements undergo disintegration of their own accord. They discharge uninterruptedly every moment in mathematical series certain number of particles until they exhaust themselves. This is rise to activityl of 'karman'.
Rise to activity of the sub-type belief deluding karma thwart the natural function of the mundane soul's breath of consciousness2 i.e. the special stationary wave motion of soul. Rise to activity of the sub-type energy obstructing karma impairs the soul's infinite energy. The result is that the special stationary wave motion of soul is unable to overcome or resist the disturbance of the belief deluding karma. The breath of consciousness being struck in this way, the mundane soul experiences a partial state of swoon or delusion. The viels of knowledge obscuring and perception obscuring karman obstruct the information bringing energy waves and also hinder the mundane soul's tuning faculty. The disturbed tuning faculty taking help of the sense organs and material energy waves, provide him with limited knowledge and perception. Due to delusion and imperfect knowledge i.e. ignorance, the mundane soul has no knowledge of his own true nature. He therefore identifies himself with his organic body. For the comfort, safety and survival of his organic body, the mundane soul desires to acquire and hold objects living and non-living limitlessly for himself. As there are numerous other mundane souls with similar ambition, there ensues severe competition. Whenever the mundane soul is confronted with failure to obtain the desired object, he begets aversion and he either plans or commits violence on other living beings that stand in opposition. These triple defects delusion, desire and aversion, subject the mundane soul to quivering or cyclonic type of unnatural vibration. Quivering does more harm to the mundane soul's special
1. Udaya 2. Caitanya Prāna M.M.-23