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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acārya Kundakunda
stage comes when it is taught to him that the body associated with the living being is not the soul, but the thoughts of a person belong to the soul. This description is also based on the relative point of view as in reality the thoughts are different from the soul. Then the next stage, and the next stage..., etc.
This is not only as regards to the soul. Even in science, it is not easy to explain a concept as simple as electricity. The accurate description of electricity is very difficult. But one tries to explain it starting from electric bulb, electric wires, electric charges, electric appliances such as TV etc. But an advanced knowledgeable person knows that an electric wire or an electric bulb is not electricity.
जो हि सुदेणहिगच्छदि अप्पाणमिणं तु केवलं सुद्धं ।
तं सुदकेवलिमिसिणो भणंति लोयप्पदींवयरा ॥१॥
जो सुदणाणं सव्वं जाणदि सुदकेवलिं तमाहु जिणा । णाणं अप्पा सव्वं जम्हा सुदकेवली तम्हा ||10|| जुम्मं ॥
Jo hi sudenahigacchadi appāṇamiņam tu kevalam suddham. Tam sudakevalimisino bhananti loyappadīvayarā. |19|| Jo sudaṇāņam savvam jāṇadi sudakevalim tamahu jiņā. Nāņam appā savvam jamha sudakevali tamha. |110||
यो हि श्रुतेनाभिगच्छति आत्मानमिमं तु केवलं शुद्धम् । तं श्रुतकेवलिनमृषयो भणति लोकप्रदीपकराः ॥9॥
यः श्रुतज्ञानं सर्वं जानाति श्रुतकेवलिनं तमाहुर्जिनाः ।
ज्ञानमात्मा सर्वं यस्माच्छुतकेवली तस्मात् ॥10॥ युग्मम् ॥
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One who knows only the pure soul through Bhāva-Śruta-Jñāna is called the Śruta-Kevali [from the real point of view] by the saints who are illuminators of the cosmos. [9]
One who has the knowledge of the scriptures in its entirety is called the Śruta-Kevali [from the relative point of view] by Tirthankara. As the entire knowledge is the soul, therefore, the person having the scriptural knowledge in its entirety is the ŚrutaKevali. [10]
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