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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
essential condition for the realization of the Self. To avoid any confusion, the Acārya 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.
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(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.
सम्मदंसणणाणं एसो लहदि त्ति णवरि ववदेसं ।
सव्वणयपक्खरहिदो भणिदो जो सो समयसारो ॥144॥
Sammaddamsanaṇāṇam eso lahadi tti navari vavades am Savvanayapakkharahido bhanido jo so samayasaro.||144||
सम्यग्दर्शनज्ञानमेष लभत इति केवलं व्यपदेशम् ।
सर्वनयपक्षरहितो भणितो यः स समयसारः ।। 144।।
[The Self] described without any bias towards any point of view is Samayasara (the soul in its essence). [Realization of] this alone is entitled to be called as Samyag Darśana (right belief) and SamyagJñāna (right knowledge). [144]
Annotation
It has been explained in the previous stanzas that one can experience Samayasara 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 Gathā 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 Samayasara. Here in this stanza, Acārya Kundakunda emphasizes that Samayasāra is devoid of any bias towards any point of view.
