Samayasara

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

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SAMAYASARA.
an actor or doer or producer of them. It is a natural and scientific process that whenever impure thought-activities are present in a soul, Karmic and quasi-Karmic matter will automatically flow in and will unite with the previously existing Karmic and quasiKarmic matter respectively. The bondage of Karma does not depend or follow the wishes of the embodied soul. No such soul would ever desire the bondage of evil Karmas ; and good Karmas will not flow in simply because of his wishes, if his thought-activities are not such as to invite the inflow of good Karmas. Thus soul is not really the binder of Karmas. A right-believer does not wish for impure thought-activities; but being not sufficiently strong in soul-power he is subjected to anger, etc., through the operation of Karmas, leading to fresh bondage. A right-believer knows all this and does not identify himself with these thoughts and Karmas. He always believes his soul to be the doer and producer of his own soul modifications only.
कत्ता आदा भणिदो णय कत्ता केण सो उवाएण। धम्मादी परिणामे जो जाणदि सो हवदि णाणी ॥ ८१ ॥ कर्ता आत्मा भणितः न च कर्ता केन स उपायेन । धर्मादीन् परिणामान् यो जानाति स भवति ज्ञानी ॥१॥
81. The soul has been called the doer of meritorious and (demeritorious) thought-activities (from practical standpoint); but it is really) not the doer (of them) by any means whatsoever. He who knows (this) is the (right) knower.
Commentary. An impure soul, engaged and engrossed in material pursuits, is subjected to good or bad thoughts owing to the operation of passions and vibratary activity ; so it is said to be the doer of these thoughts, which are not pure. From the real standpoint, the soul is a pure conscious being without any desire, or regard for, or attachment to, any good or bad thing, whatsoever. He is merely the knower of all conditions, like a mirror which, though showing fire burning in it, is not burnt because there is no fire in it, but merely a reflection of it Similarly the soul's real nature is to know and be one with himselt and to know all other things as they are. He who finds this key to right knowledge is a man with right knowledge.