Shrutsagar 2017 05 Volume 04 Issue 01

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

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Beyond Doubt (Continue...)
Acharya Padmasagarsuri Dust, particles stick to the person who applies oil on his body and sits in the open air. In the same way righteousness and sin are like the dust particles that stick to the soul in the form of Karma. One who is free from attachment and aversion need not fear the bondage of Karma because Karma does not bind one who is free from them.
All the evil Karmas may be destroyed, but if the meritorious deeds remain to be destroyed, the person has to take birth in heaven to experience the fruit of righteousness. Therefore it is false to think that it is precise to believe in Papa tattva alone.”
Thus Achalabhratha got his doubt cleared and submitted himself to the Lord along with his group of students. After being imparted with the knowledge of tripadi, the ninth Gandhara Achalabhratha too constructed the Dvadashanga.
“अर्थ परभवसन्दिग्धमेतार्थं नाम पण्डितप्रवरम्,
ऊचे विभर्यथार्थम वेदार्थ किंन भावयसि?" The great scholar Metarya followed Achalabhratha to the Samavasarana along with his 300 disciples. The Lord told him that until he interpreted the Vedas correctly, he will not be able to grasp the right meaning and his doubt shall remain un-cleared. The Lord said, “Oh Metarya, Reincarnation i.e. rebirth is a reality or not, this is your doubt and the basis for it is the following Vedic verse. “विज्ञान धन ऐवैतेभ्यो Ha22: Her arrang fasierufà, TACH HŞIlfti” i.e. the soul comes into existence when the Panchamahabhutas constitute together and after death, it dissolves into the elements. Therefore there is no existence of any kind of life after death. But the exact meaning of the verse is that the modification of knowledge inherent in the soul undergoes change based on the objects of cognition. The Vedic verse does not deny rebirth and another world. By inference one is to know the truth.
“अस्ति परलोकः इहलोकस्य अन्यथानुपपत्तेः” Rebirth is a truth. If it were not so, then the present birth also would have been non-existent. Since the present birth is a reality, the previous births are also a reality. Just as you exist today, your forefa