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Appendix 1 : Interpretation of Philosophical Concepts
ile yourself ( your own pure soul ).' What he means is that tot by nature the soul of a Jina ( or a siddha ) and that of in the aspirant are equal. Hence, follows the importance. to of ātma-bhāvanā.
9) Udāsi nata or Madhyasthatā (Disinterestedness or Indifference) : In one of his small poems, Srimad has given out the secret of spirituality. In that poem quoted in letter no. 77 he says,
"sukhakī saheli hai, akēli udāsînatā; adhyātmani janani
che udāsīnatā." The verse means that the real source of happiness is absence of passion and that is the mother ( source ) of spirituality. Generally man's tendency is to get either attached to or repulsed from things, concepts, thoughts. persons etc. But the verse of Srimad adviscs us to keep away from both the extremes and be neutral or balanced. This also can be called non-attachment, but nonattachment presumes that there is attachment and that you work to get free from attachment. Lidasinată seems to be a better state of mind. You do not get altached and hence there is no question of getting rid of atachment and that capacity of mind is "Udasimalil". In one of his
