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जीवाधिकार
1 - THE SOUL
the soul is the doer of the material-karmas (dravyakarma), only by convention (vyavahāra).1
Ācārya Amộtacandra's Puruşārthasiddhyupāya: जीवकृतं परिणाम निमित्तमात्रं प्रपद्य पुनरन्ये । स्वयमेव परिणमन्तेऽत्र पुद्गलाः कर्मभावेन ॥१२॥
जीव द्वारा किये गये रागद्वेषादिक विभाव-भाव का निमित्तमात्र पाकर फिर जीव से भिन्न जो पुद्गल हैं वे इस आत्मा में अपने आप ही कर्मरूप से परिणमन करते हैं।
As a consequence of transformations (like attachment) in the soul, the physical-matter (pudgala) – that is other than the soul - transforms itself into material-karmas (like the knowledgeobscuring karma) that get bound with the soul.
From the empirical-point-of-view (vyavahāranaya), the soul is said to be the enjoyer of the fruits of karmas in form of pleasure and pain, but from the transcendental-point-of-view (niscayanaya), the soul experiences only consciousness (cetanā), concomitant with perception (darśana) and knowledge (jñāna). The ignorant, engrossed in the nature of various species of karmas, enjoys the fruits of karmas in form of pleasure and pain. Experiencing the fruits of karmas, he identifies himself with those fruits of karmas and binds himself again with the seeds of misery in form of the eight kinds of karmas. The knowledgeable, however, is aware of the fruits of karmas but does not enjoy these. He calmly bears the fruits of karmas without getting affected by these.
1 - Acārya Kundakunda's Pravacanasāra - Essence of the Doctrine, p. 153-154.
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