Moksha Marg Prakashak

Author(s): Todarmal Pandit
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust

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thoughts, their eyes are engaged in seeing others, chanting of sermons continues through mouth. All this is not purposeful, because they do not know as to who they are, whose adoration is being done and for what purpose, What is the meaning of the words they are chanting, etc.
Sometimes they are found worshiping even the fallacious and imaginary gods, etc. because of the want of discriminatory knowledge between fallacious gods and true gods, etc."
For drawing attention of learned scholars and pious readers, innumerable revolutionary statements are found at several places in Moksha Marg Prakashak. A few of them are quoted hereunder : (1) If one's belief becomes as per the true nature of the substances then all his miseries come to an end.
(2) In Tattvarthsutra, while defining Influx Tattva, Great and Small - Vows also are included under Influx. How could then these be worth adopting?
(3) But Adoration is a form of attachment and attachment causes bondage, therefore, it is not the cause of liberation.
(4) One does not make effort for renouncing attachment-aversion passions which cause Influx and merely makes efforts for avoiding related external activities or other instrumental causes. But by their avoidance Influx cannot be avoided.
(5) No other substance defiles forcibly. When our own thoughts and feelings get defiled then only it is an instrumental cause. Moreover, one's thoughts get defiled even without an instrumental cause; therefore, it is not a regulatory instrumental cause. Thus, finding faults in others, is a fallacy.
(6) And in not ascertaining the real nature of Tattvas there is no fault of any Karma, it is your own fault. But you want to remain an ostentatious person and lay your fault on Karmas. So, for one who obeys Jina's commands, such malversation is not possible. (7) Behold the magnanimity of deliberation on Tattvas ! A person devoid of deliberation on Tattvas may have faith on Deva etc., may study many shastras, may practice vows, may observe penances, etc., even then he is not entitled to evolve right belief, and one For Private & Personal Use Only