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शुद्धोपयोग अधिकार
12 - THE PURE-COGNITION
Attainment of the status of the Omniscient Lord - the Arhat (Tīrthańkara, Kevalī, Sarvajña) – is the fruit of the past meritorious karmas. In addition, the activities of the Arhat are certainly due to the fruition of auspicious karmas. The activities of the Arhat do not take place due to the dispositions of delusion (moha), attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveşa). His activities take place on complete destruction (kşaya) of the inimical (ghātī) karmas, including the deluding (mohaniya) karma
Activities of the Arhat, like moving around and delivering the divine discourse, take place due to the fruition of karmas. These activities cause vibrations in the space-points of the soul but due to the absence of dispositions of delusion (moha), attachment (rāga) and aversion (dveşa), do not cause bondage of fresh karmas; these just result in shedding of the past karmas. Thus, activities of the Arhat do not give rise to fresh bondage of karmas but, in fact, result in shedding of the past karmas. Without the presence of the deluding (mohanīya) karma, activities lose the strength of disturbing the purity of the soul.1
1 - see Acārya Kundakunda's Pravacanasāra - Essence of the Doctrine, p. 55-56.
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