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निश्चयपरमावश्यक अधिकार
11 - THE SUPREME ESSENTIAL
renunciation of future sinful activity (pratyākhyāna), as an essential duty. From the real, transcendental (niscaya) point-of-view, however, the self-dependent soul that is ever engrossed in concentration (yoga) on the Self (svātmā) is the supreme-essential (paramāvasyaka). When the ascetic (muni, śramana) is engaged in pure-cognition (suddhopayoga), his activities are with due diligence; his cognition (upayoga) is not tainted with dispositions of attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveşa). His disposition of non-injury (ahimsā) keeps him free from the bondage of karmas. When the threefold activity of the body, the sense-organ of speech and the mind is curbed well, there is no inflow of karmas due to the activity, and consequently there is stoppage (samvara) of influx (āsrava). Complete control of the bodily activity - kāyagupti, the vocal activity - vacana-gupti, and the mental activity - manogupti is the supremeessential (paramāvaśyaka). It is the path to liberation (mokşa, nirvāņa).
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