Mysteries of Life and Eternal Bliss

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

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The Soul is God, but man is not God. This very Pudgala body of man is the cause of this disqualification. For getting the Godhood ( the Highest Being your own Self) one has to get rid of the material body or he must free himself from the matterial formations and the cause of these material formations-which costitate the body. While this body remains with the Soul, man will remain a man. He is a resultant of Conscious Soul and the unconscious material bodyworking jointly as a worldly being. What we see is a joint manifestation of both.
By degrees man rises to Godhood ( Param-Atma ) by following the path of Right Faith (Samyag Darshan ), Right Knowledge (Samyak Gyan ), and Right Conduct (Samyak Charitra ). Ultimately after gaining Absolute or Full Knowledge, when the body ceases to be, this very Soul gains its own Pure Status-Pure Soul-Pure Self, and becomes Param-Atma- che God-- the Highest Self, and this ultimate status can be achieved through “SAMADHI” (complete Self Absorption )-which is the Climex of the Three Jwels,