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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
निर्वाण और सिद्ध के एकत्व का प्रतिपादन - Liberation (nirvāna) is the liberated-soul (the Siddha) - णिव्वाणमेव सिद्धा सिद्धा णिव्वाणमिदि समुद्दिट्ठा । कम्मविमुक्को अप्पा गच्छइ लोयग्गपज्जंतं ॥१८३॥
निर्वाण ही सिद्ध है और सिद्ध ही निर्वाण है, ऐसा कहा गया है। कर्म से विमुक्त आत्मा लोकाग्र-पर्यन्त जाता है।
It has been expounded that liberation (nirvāņa) is the liberated-soul (the Siddha) and the liberated-soul (the Siddha) is liberation (nirvāna). The soul (ātmā) rid of karmas darts up to the summit of the universe (loka).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
Here, the word 'liberation' (nirvāna) has two meanings. First, as per the Scripture, liberation (nirvāna) is the liberated-soul (the Siddha). From the empirical (vyavahāra) point-of-view, the 'Siddha silā'is the abode of the liberated-soul (the Siddha). (see p. 151, ante). But from the transcendental (niscaya) point-of-view, the liberated-soul (the Siddha) lives in own-nature (svabhāva). Therefore, it is said that liberation (nirvāņa) is the liberated-soul (the Siddha) and also that the liberated-soul (the Siddha) is liberation (nirvana) - living in ownnature(svabhava). As the soul attains liberation, it rises up to the topmost part of the universe, called the Siddha silā, and resides there forever, free from transmigration.
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