Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
be noted in this regard that APPK time is negligibly small as compared to the long (infinite) time each soul has already been in this Samsāra. Thus with a broad vision of looking at the infinitely long time of soul's suffering, the time lapse between becoming SamyagDrști for the first time and the moment of achieving liberation is very small. It is well known that words small and long have relative meanings. The time required for the voice of a person to reach another person at a distance of 110 feet appears to be small (about 0.1 second), but it is nearly one million times large as compared to the time
required for the light to cover the same distance. Question: Does it mean that the realization of auspicious and
inauspicious Karma as undesirable does not lead to immediate
ending of association or attachment with Karma? Answer: The realization of auspicious and inauspicious Karma as
undesirable together with the knowledge of the Self transforms a MithyāDrști into a SamyagDrști. Internally, a SamyagDrști does not consider oneself as a doer of any activity of other Dravya. In this sense, there is immediate abandonment (see stanza 34) at internal or belief (Sraddhāna) level. As regards the total detachment (internal as well as external) leading to the state of omniscience, as mentioned in the answer of the previous question, it happens within the time duration Ardha-Pudgala-Parāvartana-Kāla (AAPK), after
becoming SamyagDrști for the first time. Technical question (A reader may skip the following question in
the first reading.) Here at some places you have qualified SamyagDrşti with the phrase "for the first time'? Does it mean
that one can become SamyagDrști many times? Answer: Yes. If the SamyagDarśana attained is not by the total
destruction of Darśana Mohaniya Karma then the SamyagDarśana attained may vanish in the course of time and