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MOKSHA MARG PRAKASHAK
Misery caused by rise of Ayukarma and
release from it Holding life in the form of a particular embodied state owing to rise of Ayukarma (life-Karma) is aliveness and end of that embodied state is death. Due to perverse faith, etc. this Jiva experiences & believes the embodied form of existence (Paryaya) only as to be the Self; therefore, he believes his existence on being in embodied form and believes his non-existence on death. Only due to this reason he always remains fearful of dealth, and due to that fear the anxiety persists. He is very much afraid of those causes which he knows to be the cause of death. He becomes highly upset if by chance he comes in their contact. In this way, he remains very much unhappy.
The means that he adopts is that he keeps the causes of death away from him or himself runs away from them. And he takes medicines, etc., builds fort, boundary wall, adopts such various means. So, all these means are false because on exhaustion of Ayukarma, although he makes various efforts and many others may be helpful, nevertheless, death is certain; he does not survive even for a moment. And as long as Ayu (Life karma) is not exhausted, till then even if various causes are met with, death does not occur. Therefore, death cannot be avoided by any means. The duration of Ayu (Life) ends without fail, therefore, death also is bound to occur. Hence, making efforts for this is totally false.
What is then the right means ? When the belief of I-ness in the embodied state (Paryaya) is uprooted on attainment of right belief, etc. and by believing himself to be an eternal sentient substance (Chaitanya-Dravya) he developes I-ness feeling in self soul and knows present embodied state to be merely a disguise, then the fear of death disappears. Moreover, when through right belief etc., one atttains the highest stage of Siddhahood (disembodied omniscient) then the death ends for ever. Hence, the right belief etc. are only the right means. Misery caused by rise of Name-Karma and
release from it Due to the rise of Name-Karma (Physique-making karma), Gati (State of existence), Jati(class or group of alike beings) and body, etc.
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