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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
प्राचारादिज्ञानं जीवादिदर्शनं च विज्ञेयं । षद्जीवानां रक्षा भण्यते चरित्रं तु व्यवहारः ॥ २६४ ॥
294. It should be known that the knowledge of Ácháránga, etc., the belief in Jiva, etc., and protection of six kinds of living beings is called (right) conduct from the practical standpoint.
आदा खु मज्झणाणे अादा मे दंसणे चरित्ते य । आदा पचक्खाणे भादा मे संवरे जोगे ॥ २६५ आत्मा खलु मम ज्ञानमात्मा मे दर्शनं चरित्रं च । आत्मा प्रत्याख्यानं आत्मा मे संवरो योगः ॥ २६५ ॥
295. From the real standpoint the soul is my knowledge, the soul, my belief, and conduct. The soul is renunciation, the soul (is) stoppage (of inflow of Karinas), and concentration.
Commentary.
Although the practical standpoint is an auxiliary cause for attainment of the real standpoint, yet the two are quite different from one another. The former is dependent upon substances and circumstances besides the soul, while the latter is quite independent of them and is based only upon the pure nature of the soul and its right realisation. Real path of liberation is self-absorption based on right belief, right knowledge and right conduct.
Knowledge of Jain scriptures, belief in seven or nine principles, and adoption of the conduct of non-injury from a practical point of view, are necessary in order to comprehend the real nature of soul and liberation, for diverting the mind from worldly pursuits and bringing it close to one's own self. But the soul, which does not get real self-absorption, can not proceed an inch on the path of Freedom. Thus the real standpoint is opposed to the practical standpoint, in the sense that without attaining the real standpoint, the practical view-point cannot in itself lead to self-absorption.
आधाकम्मादीया पुग्गलदव्वस्स जे इमे दोसा। कह ते कुवदि गाणी परदव्वगुणा हु जे णिचं ॥ २६६॥
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