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78248. ] Nyāya-Kusumānjali. with its cause is untenable, for even from cow-dung scorpions are produced. Moreover the Sruti “ ETC more siga 7: The qua" ( i. e, a man who is burnt along with his excrements is born a jackal) proves that your belief is unsound.” His doubts being removed, he too, received the initiation.
Mandika who approached Lord Mahavira had doubts on the question of bondage and liberation (Bandha and Mokshu ). Tho Divino Lord said to him, “ You interpret the Sgrį “ e og fagut ferya anga fatta ay gaga wagat ar” as meaning that this Jiva which possesses no qualities (Viguna) and is omnipresent ( Vibhu ) is neither bound by merit or demerit, nor does it come to Samsara; neither does it get liberation since it is free from bondage, nor does it liberate others as it is not an agent. But this interpretation is incorrect, the correct one being that Viguna means free from the qualities belonging to the non-omniscient ( Chhadmastha ) and that Vibhu means pervading the universe from the stand-point of knowledge. ( The soul does not substantially pervade the universe but it may be so considered as somehow it is non-different from its knowledge which in its turn pervades the universe, for every object in the universe is under its province ). Moreover, this Sruti refers to the condition of the liberated Jiva. Bandha is the name given to the contact of Karmans with Jiva, arising from sources like Mithyatva, and it is owing to this bondage that a being is born in different grades,
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