Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Soul Science : Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
Answer: A SamyagDrști knows the actions of body and mind as
the actions of the soul's close neighbor, not as his own (soul's) actions. He, as a soul, does not become the owner or doer of the actions of his body and mind. As explained in the annotations of stanza 127, the ‘Kārmika-Bank' keeps account of each and every soul, but does not open any account in the name of any non-soul (Note: The Kārmika-Bank does not exist. It is just a model. The Kārmika-Bank-account-model is being assumed here simply to convey the concept). In other words, the ‘Kārmika-Bank' does not keep track of actions of non-souls, but it gives credit/discredit in the form of bonding to the associated soul if the soul makes mistakes of becoming the owner or doer of the actions of non-souls (body and mind). Since a SamyagDrşti does not become the owner or doer of the actions of his body and mind, he does not get bonded (see stanza 71 also). At this point, a critical reader may raise some questions regarding some distortions of the soul of a SamyagDrști that may lead to bonding. To consider such probable questions, it may be appropriate to consider an example: It is well known that the distilled water available for injection does not have impurities. But a molecular scientist would not agree to it. He knows that as compared to the ordinary tap water or RO water, the distilled water is very pure. However, he also knows that the number of molecules of impurities present in the distilled water is not zero, i.e., the distilled water is also not the pure water in the true sense. In the same way, the spiritual masters also accept (e.g. see stanza 172) the bonding of a SamyagDịști. The amount of bonding, duration of bonding, and intensity of bonding of the bonded Karma of a SamyagDrști is, however, much less as compared to that of a MithyāDrşti. The difference between the