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The Self Realization
for the purpose. The Soul becomes non-attached to actions only when it clearly knows its ows nature.
कर्ता ईश्वर कोई नहि, ईश्वर शुद्ध स्वभाव ।
अथवा प्रेरक ते गण्ये, ईश्वर दोष-प्रभाव ॥७७|| Kartta ishvara koi nahi, ishvara shuddha svabhava, Athava preraka te ganye, ishvara dosha-prabhava. 77 God does not bind, nor helps creation, Perfection (purity) of the soul is God, If He instigates, where's perfection ? Nothing He does, such is the Lord. 77
Since according to Jainism the pure and eternal Soul liberated from all actions is God, He can neither create the world nor be the author of the actions of the living beings. Should He be regarded as inducing the Souls to do actions, He will be to that extent defective and that will be a contradiction.
चेतन जो निज भानमां, कर्ता आप स्वभाव । वर्ते नहि निज भानमां कर्ता कर्म-प्रभाव ॥७८।। Chetana jo nijabhanama, kartta apa svabhava, Varte nahi nijabhanama, kartta karma.prabhava. 78 If one himself really knows, The soul behaves in only knowledge, But binds himself in ignorance, As childish plays in younger age. 78
If the Soul is Self-conscious it is the author of its manifestations. Till it is not Self-conscious it is the author of the impulses to actions good, bad or indifferent.
The moment the Soul's consciousness turns towards the Soul's fundamental or real nature i.e. pure
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