Book Title: Soul Science Part 01
Author(s): Parsmal Agarwal
Publisher: Kundkund Gyanpith Indore

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________________ Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda Next: let us replace the red lamp of box-1 by a yellow lamp without touching the crystal. Now the same crystal would appear as yellow, and we would call this crystal as yellow. Here the question arises: Without making any change in the crystal of box-1, the red crystal has become yellow. Does it mean that there has been magic? A 10-year old child also would not accept it as magic. He would say that the change in the color of the crystal is due to the change in the color of the lamp. If we ask about the color of the crystal then the child would say that though it was appearing red earlier and yellow now, but in the real sense, the crystal was neither red earlier nor is yellow now. Thus, a child also accepts that though the crystal once looked red and then yellow, but in reality the red and yellow colors do not belong to the crystal. In other words, in our technical language, one can say that from the relative point of view red and yellow colors belong to the crystal but from the real point of view the crystal does not own red and yellow colors. One may or may not have such an experience of change in the colors of the crystal in day-to-day life, but everybody might be having experience of change in our own 'color'. In the morning we may find ourselves in very pleasing mood and just after receiving an unpleasant phone call, we may find ourselves angry. On another occasion, we may be very angry and a pleasing message or some news can make us very pleasant. Our spiritual teachers explain that such a change in our moods and conditions takes place at every moment in accordance with the then Karmodaya (the fruition or rise of the previously bonded Karma at the moment). Thus we experience a change in ourselves due to external changes, just as we see a change in the crystal due to a change in the color of the lamp placed near the crystal. Do we still need more proof to accept the words of Ācārya Kundakunda that in reality the anger, etc., are not of the soul? Yes, one may still have many concerns. Ācārya Kundakunda realizes our probable concerns and has attempted to answer various probable concerns in many stanzas in this treatise. Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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