Soul Science Part 01

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
Arahanta. A devotee goes to a temple for his spiritual growth by learning through the scriptures, practicing meditation, and worshiping Tirthamkara.
There are many hymns and prayers where we find the praise of the spiritual virtues of the Arahanta. In many hymns and prayers we find the praise of physical bodies of Tīrthamkara, saints and Ācārya. A devotee thinks that such prayers have been written by Jñāni saints, the knower of the truth from all perspectives including the real point of view. Therefore, a devotee cannot accept that his worship related to the praise of the physical body of his spiritual masters can be meaningless or wrong. Further, with the belief in the importance of such hymns, he may believe that his prayers cannot be wrong because the physical body and Jīva (including the Jīva of Tirthamkara or Ācārya) are not different. With such belief, here a devotee wants to understand the validity of the previous stanzas where it has been stated that physical body and soul are different.
This stanza 26 indicates that even after reading previous 25 stanzas one can have such a doubt. The Ācārya is not scolding such a devotee. He is conveying the message that a reader should feel comfortable if he also has such a doubt. Such a doubter should not feel that his spiritual level is too low to comprehend this treatise.
The Ācārya now responds to this doubt/question in the next four stanzas.
ववहारणओ भासदि जीवो देहो य हवदि खलु एक्को। ण दु णिच्छयस्स जीवो देहो य कदा वि एक्कट्ठो।।27।। इणमण्णं जीवादो देहं पोग्गलमयं थुणित्तु मुणी। Huulfa ariyat faci as Bact Hud 1|28|| तं णिच्छये ण जुज्जदि ण सरीरगुणा हि होंति केवलिणो। gafasyurt yuild is ag taldi yuifc112911 णयरम्मि वण्णिदे जह ण वि रण्णो वण्णणा कदा होदि। देहगुणे थुव्वंते ण केवलिगुणा थुदा होति।।30॥