Parmatma Prakash

Author(s): Yogindra Acharya
Publisher: Central Jaina Publishing House

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PARMATMA-PRAKASH.
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16. That Siddha Bhagwan whom the three worlds worship and great gods meditate upon, who has a steady knowledge of all things, tangible and intangible, is the Parmatman (God).
17. He is Nitya (ever-lasting), Niramjana (free from passions and desires), Jñana-Swarupa (has knowledge for his form) and Parmâ-Nanda (all-happy). One who is such is Shanta (calm) and Shiva (perfect). Know thy self as such, and realize it.
18. He who never gives up his Svâbhâva. (nature), and never adopts the Bhâva (existence or nature) of another, and knows self and not-self, that is, all the things of the three worlds and of the three times, is the Shanta and Shiva (calm and perfect) God.
19. He who is free from colour, smell, taste, sound and touch, that is, who is free from body and is not subject to birth and death, such a Being is Niramjana.
20 & 21. Know thou that Being as Niramjana in whom Krodha (anger), Moha (attachment), Mada (lust), Maya (deceitfulness) and Mâna (pride) do not exist, and who is in no way concerned with meditation and the object of meditation. One who is devoid of virtue and evil, of pleasure and pain, and is free from every sort of defect or blemish, know thou that soul as Niramjana.
22. One who is free from the act and the objects of meditation, from incantations and amulets, also from Mandala (circlet) and Mudra (ring), etc., (all material forms and shapes), is Niramjana.
NOTE. So long as the soul does not attain to perfect and all-knowing condition, it has to make use of meditation, etc., but when once that all-conscious status is obtained, one has no need to make resort to these means. Meditation is a means to evolve the real nature of the soul which is Omniscient, but when Omniscience is once attained and manifests itself in the soul, there remains no need for meditation or the object of meditation. Hence the enjoyer of the status of God is free from meditation and the object of meditation as well as from all material forms..
23. That Parmatman (God) is not known by reading Vedas and Shastras, nor is He perceived by senses; He can only be known by pure self-contemplation.
NOTE. He is Anâdi-Nidhana (eternal and imperishable) and of the Tankotkiran-Syabhava (of unchanging nature).