Samayasara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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SAMAYASARA.
जं कुणदि भावमादा कत्ता सो होदि तस्स भावस्त । णिच्छयदो ववहारा पोग्गलकम्माण कत्तारं ॥ २४॥ यं करोति भावमात्मा कर्त्ता स भवति तस्य भावस्य । निश्चयतः व्यवहारात् पुद्गलकर्मणां कर्ता ॥ २४ ॥
24. Whatever thought-activity the soul produces, the same (soul) is the doer of that thought-activity, from the real standpoint. From the practical standpoint (it is) the doer of material Karmas.
Commentary.
The mundane soul is not an active agent in the bondage of Karmic molecules, which themselves possess the inherent capacity of combining with the soul; the vibrations and impure thought-activity of the soul form the auxiliary causes therefor. The soul is, how. ever, the author of its own conscious thought, pure or impure. All conscious thought-activities are modifications of the attribute of consciousness in the soul. In impure thought-activity, such as anger, the root cause is the soul itself, but the auxiliary cause is the operation of passion Karma and the like. In Karmic bondage, the root cause is molecular Karmic matter, and the auxiliary cause is the soul's impure thought-activity. This impure thought-activity is attributed to the soul from the impure real standpoint (Ashuddha Nis. chaya Naya). From the pure real standpoint (Shuddha Nischaya Naya), the soul is the doer only of its own pure modifications. If any person wants to be saved from Karmic bondage, he must try to purify his thoughts, at their source, and this is accomplished by ac. quiring the true knowledge of the self, which is self-realization.
अहमेदं एदमहं अहमेदस्सेव होमि मम एवं । अण्णं जं परदव्वं सचित्ताचित्तमिस्सं वा ॥ २५ ॥ अहमिदं इदमहं अहमेतस्य एव भवामि मम इदम् । अन्यद्यत्परद्रव्यं सचित्ताचित्तमिश्रं वा ॥ २५ ॥
25. Other foreign substance, living, non-living, or mixed is I, I am it. I am of them; and they are mine.