Shrutsagar 2017 01 Volume 08

Author(s): Hiren K Doshi
Publisher: Acharya Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir Koba

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Beyond Doubt
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Acharya Padmasagarsuri The difference between a corpse and the body of a living being is that, in a corpse, the body is intact but is devoid of consciousness. Logically this also goes to prove the
difference between the body and the soul. If the root words like Atman and body exist, naturally the substances bearing these names ought to exist. Since the unaligned names are different, the substances bearing these titles are also of seperate existence. When the person is alive the body is active and is not eaten up by worms and ants, but when it becomes a corpse, it begins to get rotten and it finally decays. It is Atman which is the cause for all bodily activity and only due to it, the body does not decay when alive. As ghee is inherent in milk so also the soul abides in the body. By inference one is to acknowledge the presence of consciousness in this material body.
As soon as Vayubhuti's doubt was cleared Vayubhuti surrendered to the Lord along with his 500 disciples and got initiated as the Lord's major disciple. He was also imparted the Tripadi based on which he created the "Dvadashangi".
When Vyaktabhuti, the fourth of the eleven great scholars heard the news of the three great scholars, Indrabhuti, Agnibhuti and Vayubhuti become the Lord's disciples after getting their respective doubts cleared, he too, with eagemess and enthusiasm started on his journey to the Samavasarana. The Lord revealed Vyaktabhuti's doubt and the vedic base of it.
"Faulo à Achci spolu gefafarisrat faster:II" The Lord said, "Oh Vyaktabhuti, the above statement is the cause of your doubt about the existence of the five Mahabhutas. You have interpreted the meaning of the verse to be as follows, 'Undoubtedly the world is like a dream which is unreal and nonexistent. Hence one should instantly observe it in order to know the supreme soul and achieve the goal of "Parabrahma". As a dream is unreal, so also the