Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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his spiritual teacher Acarya Shri Gyansagarji. It resulted into an unprecedented Self realization. In his words, “जिसकी (समयसार की) प्रत्येक गाथा में अमृत ही अमृत भरा है और मैं पीता ही गया! पीता ही गया !! माँ के समान गुरूवर अपने अनुभव और मिलाकर, घोल - घोलकर पिलाते ही गये, पिलाते ही गये । फलस्वरूप एक उपलब्धि हुई, अपूर्व विभूति की, आत्मानुभूति की!”
Satpurusha Shri Kanji Swami often used to comment that the scripture Samayasāra contains the essence of hundreds of thousands of scriptures; it is a pillar of Jainology; to a seeker it is a desire-fulfillingcow (Kamadhenu)... In his words, "
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आगम है। लाखों शास्त्रों का सार इसमें है; जैन शासन का यह स्तम्भ है; साधक की यह कामधेनु है ...” [4, 5] He was so much impressed with this scripture that he gave 19 rounds of discourses [4] on Samayasara, and on the marble walls of a beautiful temple in Songarh (Gujarat) he got engraved all 415 stanzas of this scripture together with the stanzas of a few other scriptures written by Acarya Kundakunada.
Acārya Mahaprajna, a well known Acarya from Svetamber Terapanth tradition very nicely summarizes the significance of Acārya Kundakunda and his Samayasara. He writes, "Jainism is seasoned with a mature tradition of metaphysics and spirituality. The name of Acarya Kundakunda shines like a resplendent constellation in the sky of this tradition. He was an author of many treatises, one of which is Samayasara, which is the most outstanding one in the field of spirituality. It is replete with many mystical ideas and many thoughts worth contemplation." [9(a)].
Muni Mahendra Kumarji in the preface of his book entitled "Acārya Kundakunda's Samayasara" writes, "The ancient philosophical treatises which deal with the topic of deeper metaphysical and epistemological expositions have a very important place in the studies of Jain philosophy. Acārya Kundakunda's Samayasara can be considered as one of the most important of such treatises, as far as the Jain authors are concerned. It has the same value in Jain tradition as the treatises/scriptures like Brahma