Soul Science Part 02

Author(s): Parasmal Agrawal
Publisher: Kundakunda Gyanpith

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Soul Science: Samayasara by Jain Acarya Kundakunda
(i) One may think of smallness of the new bonding of an enlightened being (SamyagDrști) as compared to the bonding that happens to a spiritually ignorant being (MithyaDṛṣti) with the fruition (Udaya) of four Pratyaya. It may be recalled that an enlightened being does not have fruition of Mithyātva Pratyaya. Thus an enlightened being has fruition of three or lesser than three types of Pratyaya. In case of an enlightened householder in 4th Gunasthāna involved in various worldly activities, the bonding of various kinds of Karma Prakṛti (43 Karma Prakṛti) does not take place and the bonding of various kinds of Karma Prakṛti (77 Karma Prakṛti) takes place such that duration and intensity of the bonding is much less as compared to that of a spiritually ignorant being (Reference: For example, refer to commentary of stanzas 173-176 written by Acarya Jayasena in Tatparyavṛtti). Due to these facts even an enlightened householder with the fruition of three or two Pratyaya with small bonding can be considered as the soul relatively free from new bonding.
(ii) No doubt, the soul of an enlightened being far from perfection gets bonded, but the new bonding is not induced by the Self due to his non-attachment with the inclination of liking (Raga) and disliking (Dveṣa) as explained in stanzas 166-167. Therefore, he is called as a non-doer of bonding. We shall have more about this point in stanza 176.
(iii) A worldly example may also be helpful here. Let a person in the past had borrowed a large sum of money from a commercial Bank. Suppose by now he has paid a large portion of the debt and has stopped taking any new debt. Further suppose, he is also trying to reduce his existing debt by regular payments. However, in the account books of such a person there would still be debit entries due to the small amount of interest on the small amount of unpaid loan. But