Soul Science Part 01

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Soul Science : Samayasāra by Jain Ācārya Kundakunda
from the internal perspective then he sees only the Self, not these characteristics. In this Kalasa 37, the description of all 29 characteristics in two sets ((1) color, etc. (2) Rāga and Moha, etc.] is worth noting. It may be noted that some characteristics (set 1) are purely of Pudgala, and some characteristics (set 2) are due to Pudgala (Kārmika matter).
ववहारेण दु एदे जीवस्स हवंति वण्णमादीया। गुणठाणंता भावा ण दु केई णिच्छयणयस्स।।56॥ Vavahārena du ede jīvassa havanti vannamādīyā. Gunathāṇantā bhāvā ņa du kei nicchayaņayassa.||56|| व्यवहारेण त्वेते जीवस्य भवंति वर्णाद्याः । gorennia HTAT 15 a fazautyft 115611
The aforementioned characteristics starting from color and ending with GuņaSthāna (as described in the previous stanzas] belong to Jiva (soul) from the relative point of view. But from the real point of view none of them belongs to Jīva. [56]
Annotation
Without distinguishing 'my money' and 'your money', or ‘my body' and 'your body', or ‘my actions' and 'your actions, the life of a common person is not possible. In view of this necessity, though from the real point of view (see the previous stanzas) the physical body, etc., are not of Jiva (soul), yet at many places in the scriptures they have been accepted as belonging to Jīva (soul). Such an acceptance comes from the relative point of view.
Ācārya Kundakunda here makes it clear that wherever in scriptures one finds that the physical body or Rāga etc., are of Jīva (soul), there one should understand that such a statement has been made from the relative point of view.
It is to be noted that if some money belongs to Suresh, and somebody says that this money belongs to Dinesh, then such a statement would be incorrect even from the relative point of view. One can apply this point to all 29 characteristics.