Book Title: Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss
Author(s): Anantprasad Jain
Publisher: Tirthakar Mahavir Smruti Kendra Samiti Lakhnou UP
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A BRIEF INTRODUCTION This book, “Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss,” was written long ago, but could not be corrected and printed earlier. Part VI. "The Three Jewels", was published thrioe, but the main book remained in the files. The auspicious occasion of the 25 bundredth Nirvan Jayanti of Bhagwan Mahabir gave the inspira. tion that this book should be completed and published as soon as possible.
This book mainly contains the gist of the teachings of the Great Omniscient Tirthankaras“Man has to know his Soul-his Own Self and thus to attain Eternal Bliss”. Soul has the inherent quality of Consciousness and natural ability to rise up and to free itself from the contamination of Pudgala--the nonconscious matter. Man or any living being is a joint manifestation of Conscious Soul and nonconscious Pudgala (matter) the body. The Sole Aim of human birth is to free the Soul from the contamination of Pudgala-matter and to attain the Absolute PurityAbsolute Knowledge-which is the nature of Soul. This Purity itself leads to Eternal Bliss, which means complete freedom from pain, suffering, anxiety, and pangs of birth, death and rebirth etc. At this pure stage there is Bliss and Bliss only.
