Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP

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to destroy karmas, by the full free use of his consciousness as may be developed by constant endeavour through this body. Only in this body the man is capable to do effective endeavour, in a systematic way, to get rid of the eternal attachment of Karmas-Pudgala or the unconscious matter.
The ego or "I” or “I am” is only given to the body because of the presence of Soulwhich is that “I” itself; without this Soul or "I" the body is mere dead or lifeless Pudgala-unconscious and inactive, and is neither capable to make bondage nor liberation. So it is the Conscious Soul only which is the elementary or final cause of all bondages and liberation too.
This whole paraphernalia of the Vast Universe and all incarnations, births and rebirths, only, do constitute a vast machinery or workshop as a help to make this Soul ( one and all ) capable to get rid of the Pudgala, in due course, and to attain Full Absolute Knowledge and Supreme Bliss of Nirvana or Moksha-which is its own nature.
This world or the universe and any
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