Book Title: Soul Science Part 02
Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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________________ 78 Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda is to be grasped. [203] Knowledge based on sense perception (Matijñāna), scriptural knowledge (Srutajñāna), knowledge by clairvoyance (Avadhi Jñāna), mind reading (ManaḥParyayajñāna), and omniscience (Kevalajñāna), all these mean the same seat of knowledge. Such a knowledge-seat is the supreme; by achieving that one attains liberation. [204] Annotation Let us first consider one short story which may be helpful in assimilating the concept of these stanzas: One day a wise person meets a young boy in a forest. He recognized that this young boy is the prince who got lost a few years back. The wise person starts chatting with the young boy. At one point the young boy asks a question to the wise person, "Sir, I have been offered a job of a hunter as well as a cook by my group leader. I have an option to select one of these two jobs. Which position would be better for my career?” The wise person answered, “You are a talented person. You belong to the Royal family. You are the prince of the kingdom. The positions of hunter and cook are not for you. The throne of the kingdom is your seat. It is vacant for you. It is very simple for you to get the throne...." In this regard Kalasa 138 written by Ācārya Amstacandra just before stanza 203 is also worth noting. In Kalasa 138, Ācārya Amộtacandra addresses the worldly beings who are not aware of the soul. He says that the living beings intoxicated by the attachment have been sleeping with their worldly positions/seats. They are blind about their true status. They are eternally pure soul full of consciousness and they should grasp that position/seat of eternal purity of the soul. In stanza 203, Ācārya Kundakunda intends to convey the following: (i) The psychic and physical states of pain, pleasure,

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