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Samādhitantram
activities of the body, the speech, and the mind.
It is mentioned in Jaina inscriptions and literature that Ācārya Pujyapāda had the supernatural power to visit the Videha kshetra to make obeisance to the Tīrthankara Lord Seemandharasvāmi. It is believed that on account of his vast scholarship and deep renunciation, his feet were worshipped by the devas and, therefore, the name Pūjyapāda. The sacred water that anointed his feet could transform iron into gold. He used to visit holy places in celestial carriages and during one such occasion he lost his eyesight. He then composed Šāntyastaka and regained his sight. But after this incident, he took to samādhi and courted voluntary, pious and passionless death by relinquishing his body.
Acārya Pūjyapāda composed several important Jaina texts: Jainendra Vyākaraņa - a comprehensive work on Sanskrit
grammar, considered to be an essential reading for the student of Jaina literature. Sarvārthasiddhi – an authoritative commentary on Tattvārtha
sūtra by Acārya Umāsvāmi, a compendium of Jaina metaphysics and cosmology. Samādhitantram (also known as Samādhiếataka) - a spiritual work consisting of 105 verses outlining the path to liberation for an inspired soul. Living beings have three kinds of soul – the extroverted-soul (bahirātmā), the introverted-soul (antarātmā), and the puresoul (paramātmā). The one who mistakes the body and the like for the soul is the extroverted-soul (bahirātmā). The extroverted-soul spends his entire life in delusion and suffers throughout. The one who entertains no delusion about psychic dispositions – imperfections like attachment and aversion, and soul-nature - is the introverted-soul (antarātmā). The knowledgeable introverted-soul (antarātmā) disconnects the body, including the senses, from the soul. The one who is
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