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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
In this regard, it may be remembered that an unenlightened being is spiritually ignorant and he believes that he is doer, enjoyer, and owner of the fruits of arising Karma.
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Question: Dispositions of attachment-etc. are due to the rise of the previously bonded Karma by the soul. Thus the past actions of the soul are responsible for the present dispositions of attachment-etc. If it is so then how can we say that the soul is not the doer of the present dispositions of attachment-etc.? Answer: (i) The rise of Karma bonded in the past does not compel the soul to become the owner and doer in the present. In the present, Karma on their rise deliver the fruits, but it is for the soul to become doer and owner or non-doer and non-owner of such fruits. (ii) The bonding of the Karma in the past took place because of the false belief that he is the doer and owner of the dispositions of attachment-etc. If in the present also one continues to have such belief then he gets bonded again. Therefore, to be free from the new bonding one has to understand this truth that he is not the owner of these dispositions of attachment, aversion, etc. The perspective which shows non-ownership also leads one to realize that he is non-doer.
In this regard, it may also be added that it may not be incorrect to assign the ownership even with the family, money, city, and country, from the relative point of view, with various 'ifs' and 'buts'. But in the real sense, the true ownership is that which continues forever. The real ownership as recognized by the real point of view does not change with time.
अप्पडिकमणं दुविहं अपच्चखाणं तहेव विष्णेयं । एदेणुवदेसेण य अकारगो वण्णिदो चेदा ।।283।। अप्पडिकमणं दुविहं दव्वे भावे अपच्चखाणं पि । एदेणुवदेसेण य अकारगो वण्णिदो चेदा ।।284।।
