Soul Science Part 01

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Pre-view (Purva Ranga)
Question: The previous Gāthā mentions five adjectives of a soul
but here we note only three. Does it mean that the remaining
two (Niyata and Asamyukta) are not important? Answer: All five are important. One who perceives the three
adjectives given here would also be able to perceive the remaining two, without special efforts. In the commentary of this stanza, Ācārya Amộtacandra has explicitly mentioned all five. Ācārya Jayasena has also mentioned in the commentary of this stanza that other two adjectives are to be included by way of context. दंसणणाणचरिताणि सेविदव्वाणि साहुणा णिच्चं। ताणि पुण जाण तिण्णि वि अप्पाणं चेव णिच्छयदो।। 16|| Damsaņaņāņącarittāņi sevidavvāņi sahuņā ņiccam. Taņi puņa jāņa tiņni vi appāņam ceva nicchayado. ||16|| दर्शनज्ञानचरित्राणि सेवितव्यानि साधुना नित्यम्। तानि पुनर्जानीहि त्रीण्यप्यात्मानं चैव निश्चयतः ।।16।।
The seekers (of eternal bliss) should always be devoted to [right] belief, knowledge, and conduct. However, it should be noted again that all these three are the soul from the real point of view. [16]
Annotation
To clarify the concepts from both the points of view (real and relative) and to correlate these two points of view, in many stanzas in this treatise, Ācārya Kundakunda has described one concept according to the relative point of view in the first half of the stanza, and then in the second half of the same stanza he has made some comments on the same point according to the real point of view. We have already seen this trend in stanzas 7 and 10.
From the relative point of view, in Jain scriptures, the path of liberation is usually described by way of explaining right belief, right knowledge, and right conduct. These three are popularly