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Niyamasāra
नियमसार
(karma) and quasi-karma (nokarma), no anxiety (cintā), no sorrowful (ārta) and cruel (raudra) meditation (dhyāna), no virtuous (dharmya) and pure (śukla) meditation (dhyāna).
The liberated-soul (the Siddha) is characterized by infinite-knowledge (kevalajñāna), infinite-perception (kevaladarśana), infinite-happiness (kevalasukha), infinite-energy (kevalavīrya), incorporealness (amūrtatva), existence (astitva), and with-space-points (sapradeśatva). It has been expounded that liberation (nirvāna) is the liberated-soul (the Siddha) and the liberated-soul (the Siddha) is liberation (nirvāņa).
To conclude, the Scripture ‘Niyamasāra' discourses the right exertion – niyama – for the soul, and its fruit. The right exertion – niyama – is the “Three Jewels' (ratnatraya) – right faith (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcăritra). The first three chapters are discourse on right faith (samyagdarśana) and right knowledge (samyagjñāna). The fourth chapter is discourse on right conduct (samyakcăritra), from the empirical (uyavahāra) point-of-view. Chapters five to twelve are discourse on right conduct (samyakcăritra), from the real, transcendental (niscaya) point-of-view. The fruit is the supreme liberation (paramanirvāņa).
I make deep obeisance to the supremely holy Acārya Kundakunda, the composer of the Supreme Scripture 'Niyamasāra'. Acārya Kundakunda stood out in the assembly of the sages like the moon in the assembly of the constellations of stars. My salutation also to the Most Learned Acārya Padmaprabhamaladhārideva who has elucidated, through his profound composition 'Tātparyavrtti', the true import of each gāthā of 'Niyamasāra'.
Divine Blessings of Acārya Vidyānanda (आचार्य विद्यानन्द) At the young age of twenty, Ācārya Vidyānanda (b. 22 April, 1925, in Shedbal, Karnataka), embarked on the virtuous path of Jaina asceticism by embracing the eleventh and the last stage in the householder's path called the uddista tyāga pratimā and became a kşullaka on 15 April, 1945, to be known henceforth as Ksullaka Pārsvakirti varni.
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