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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
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essential condition for the realization of the Self. To avoid any confusion, the Ācārya has emphasized here that a person who is in such a state of transcendence from both the points of view has following special merits: (1) He is well aware of the views provided by both the points of
view.
(2) He is tuned to Samaya (the Self or the soul), i.e., his attention
is towards the soul. In other words, his attention is absorbed
in the Self. (3) He knows the facts provided by different points of view in
the appropriate perspective, but does not have an iota of bias towards any point of view. सम्मइंसणणाणं एसो लहदि त्ति णवरि ववदेसं। Hocurrucar lagt ufOTGT UT AT HART 1114411 Sammaddamsaņaņāņam eso lahadi tti ņavari vavadesam Savvanayapakkharahido bhaạido jo so samayasāro.||144||| सम्यग्दर्शनज्ञानमेष लभत इति केवलं व्यपदेशम् । Hoferrent uforata: # H4HR: 1114411
[The Self] described without any bias towards any point of view is Samayasāra (the soul in its essence). (Realization of] this alone is entitled to be called as SamyagDarśana (right belief) and Samyagjñāna (right knowledge). [144]
Annotation
It has been explained in the previous stanzas that one can experience Samayasāra by proceeding as follows: (i) First, understand the Self from different points of view, (ii) next, transcend all the points of view and get tuned to the Self. This also amounts to not having any Vikalpa (reflective thought, contemplation, or exploration). From Gāthā 142 we also learned that if one can give a description of the Self in such a state of realization then that would be the description of Samayasāra. Here in this stanza, Ācārya Kundakunda emphasizes that Samayasāra · is devoid of any bias towards any point of view.
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