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Chapter Six
JOURNEY TO FREEDOM
“Samyag-darśana-jñana-cā ritrāņi-mokşa-mărgah”l, means Right perspective, Right knowledge and Right character constitute the Path of Salvation.
Spiritual evolution is a conscious process. If the purity of consciousness is impaired or destroyed, and if self is immortal, what is the process by which the self can attain its true state ? As seen above, from time immemorial, the self is in association with matter and it is this association which makes its inherent capacity to be omnipotent and omniscient. No soul can afford to remain immortally immoral. One of the main attributes of soul is to progress. This tendency to progress is evident even in the stages of regression because cach regression imparts experience and education to the soul in its journey of progress.
Theory of Transmigration : Search for Happiness
The question is how this is possible? The answer lies in the theory of Metempsychosis, the theory of transmigration, the cycle of births and rebirths. The basis of this theory is the eternity and immortality of soul. As already observed, Jaina scers firmly believe that the two main components of the Universe--soul (Jiva ) and non-soul ( Ajiva ) are eternal. They change forms but never die. Water changes form and becomes ice or vapour but the basic elements remain the same. This belief is now confirmed, science proving that matter is never destroyed. So when the body dies, the soul remains. But rema
1. "FUTTETİF178/fTZITATAN:", Tattvartha-sūtra (1/1)
by Umāsvāti, P. V. Research Institute, Varanasi ( Reprint IInd Edition ).
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