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WHO IS A TIRTHANKAR ?
In this universe, which is without a beginning or an end, the soul continues to experience sorrow and joy, traversing through numerous dimensions and forms including those of gods, animals, human-beings, and hell-beings.
श्रेयांस
The principle causes of these unending cycles of rebirth are the inherent attitudes of attachment and aversion, and their consequences. The attitudes of attachment and version result in the bondage of good and bad Karmas and as a consequence the soul continues its passage from one dimension to the other.
कुम्भ
Every soul is a dormant source of infinite energies, uninterrupted light of knowledge and unending joy and happiness. Knowledge and happiness are the fundamental natural activities of the soul. But the accumulated inertia of ignorance and illusion acts as an impediment to its endeavour to activate these inherent infinite energies. Even when it launches its efforts, the dense accumulation of attitudes of attachment and aversion does not allow these efforts to become successful. As such, the disciplining of these attitudes of attachment and aversion becomes the prime need on this path of salvation.
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When its own true form is revealed on the soul it recognises its inherent potential and gradually starts the efforts to win over the attitudes of fondness, attachment and aversion. This continuing endeavour to root out attachment and ayersion is known as the path of discipline and equanimity. When the soul weakens the knots (Granthi) of attachment and aversion, as a result of its intense craving for salvation and practices of equanimity, penance, and meditation, it becomes tieless or Nirgranth (a term for Jain ascetic).
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वासुपूज्य
Continuing its un-dogmatic practices or the Nirgranth attitude, a day comes when the soul destroys all attachment and aversion and conquers fondness. As a result of this victory the soul attains the status of Jina.
Jina means the victorious one.
The individual who has destroyed attachment and aversion; who is absolutely free of fondness and ignorance; who has shed the four vitiating Karmas; namely illusory (Mohaniya), knowledge obstructing (Jnanavaraniya), perception obstructing (Darshanavaraniya), and power hindering (Antaraya), is known as Vitarag (the detached one), Jina (the victorious) and Sarvajna or Kewali (the omniscient).
Any deserving soul may attain the status of Jina, omniscient, ultimate or pure soul (Param-Atma), but not a Tirthankar. This is because of the fact that it तीर्थकर कौन ?
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Who is a Tirthankar?
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