Parmatma Prakash

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

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PARMATMA-PRAKASH.
336. Those who daily think over the name of Parmâtma Prakasha, destroy their Moha Karma soon and become the Nathas, masters of the three worlds. NOTE.-The word Parmatma Prakasha has a two-fold significance here One is the name of the
present Grantha, the other means the light or Ananta Jnana (irfinite knowledge) of Parmatma. This Grantha also deals with the same subject, so when one thinks over this Grantha, he virtually thinks over the light or Oniniscience of Parmâtman. So the Acharya says here that those who daily think over the name of Parmatma Prakash, using the word in both the senses, destroy the bondage of their Moha Karmas and become the Light of the world. Thus the great virtue of meditation on the Parmatman Prakasha is that it enables the souls to become the Parmâtman, the
object of worship, hence the Lord, of the three worlds.
337. Those alone are competent to meditate upon the Parmâtma Prakasha (this Grantha or the supreme attributes of Parmatma) who are afraid of the various pains of this Samsåra and who wish to obtain Nirvana.
338. Those Munis who are Bhakta (devotees) of Parmâtma Pada ard do not give their heart to sensual pleasures, are alone fit to comprehend the Parmâtma Prakasha.
- 339. He who possesses the Jñana (knowledge) of self and whose mind is pure,- such a one is competent to understand the Parmatma Prakasha.
340. This Parmatma Prakasha Grantha which does not possess poetic or linguistic excellence, but simply describes the nature of Parmatma Pada, is a treatise which when studied with a pure mind frees one from the pains incident to the four kinds of living beings.
341. Pandits (learned men) should not find fault with the repetitions contained in this Grantha, because I have said many things over and over again in order to make Prabhakara Bhatta understand them.
342. Those who know the Parmârtha should forgive me if I have said any thing improper in this Grantha.
343. He in whose heart shines the divine Light of the Living Essence of Consciousness, which is the object of constant contemplation on the part of Munis, which is distinct from the body, which dwells in the hearts of all living beings, which is pure effulgence by nature, which is resplendent with the dazzling Tustre of Jñana, which is the object of worship in the three worlds, and which is the companion of the highest saints,- verily the being in whose heart shines such a Tattva (principle or essence) obtains the Mukta Pada, that is, he attains to Liberation,