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The Doer (Kartā) and the deed (Karma)
difference between a liberated soul and a mundane soul. A mundane soul means a soul bonded by Karma. A view point that sees the soul as a ‘mundane soul' must be able to visualize the bonding. The relative point of view provides such insight. The Jain philosophy does not depend on a single point of view (Ekānta). Anekānta helps in having an overall view. Ācārya Kundakunda would discuss many aspects of bonding and non-bonding of Karma with the soul in other stanzas.
Question: If a piece of gold gets transformed into a necklace on
the basis of its own ability then why would one say that the goldsmith transformed it?
Answer: One may like to refer to a similar example of goldsmith
Hiralal described in the explanation of Gātha 98-100 for the requirement of saying that the goldsmith has transformed it. The relative point of view takes care of such necessity. There it has also been described that in addition to the information provided by the relative point of view, we also need the real point of view to get a real picture. The real point of view does not agree to the statement that the goldsmith can transform it.
Question: It is easy to understand that a piece of gold is
transformable into a necklace form. But it is difficult to visualize that gold gets transformed into a necklace form on its own. Similarly, it is difficult to visualize that matter gets transformed into Kārmika form on its own. Please explain the meaning of 'on its own' under this context.
Answer: While explaining Gāthā 90-91, we discussed an example
of the breaking of a glass window by a stone thrown by a child. There, in detail it has been discussed that a scientist can perform experiments and can know the conditions or the amount of impact necessary for the breaking of the glass. The scientist also knows that whenever those conditions are met with, the glass breaks.
Before going further, let us consider another example of a shop keeper who sells sugar. He exhibits the selling rate (say, Rs.40/ per kg) and he without any hesitation and reservation
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