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Tattvārthasūtra
wholly independent substances. Our activities (yoga) are responsible for the influx (āsrava) of the karmic matter into the soul. Actuated by passions (kaşāya) the soul retains particles of matter fit to turn into karmas. The taking in of the karmic matter by the soul is bondage (bandha). Obstructing fresh inflow of the karmic matter into the soul – samvara - and its subsequent separation or falling off from the soul - nirjarā - are two important steps in attaining the infallible, utterly pristine, sense-independent and infinitely blissful state
of the soul, called liberation (moksa). 'Samādhitantram' (also known as 'Samādhisataka') - a
spiritual work consisting of 105 verses outlines the path to liberation for an inspired soul. Living beings have three kinds of soul - the extroverted-soul (bahirātmā), the introverted-soul (antarātmā), and the pure-soul (paramātmā). The one who is utterly pure and rid of all karmic dirt is the pure-soul (paramātmā). Samādhitaňtram' expounds the method of realizing the pure-soul (paramātmā), the light of supreme knowledge, and infinite bliss. It answers the vexed question, 'Who am I?' in a forceful and outrightly logical manner, in plain words. ‘Istopadeśa'- a concise work of 51 didactic verses leads the
reader from the empirical to the transcendental, from the mundane to the sublime, through an experiential process of self-realization, rather than through a metaphysical study of the soul-nature. 'Istopadeśa' unambiguously establishes the glory of the Self. It is an essential reading for the ascetic. The householder too who ventures to study it stands to benefit much as the work establishes the futility of worldly objects and pursuits, and strengthens right faith, the basis for all that
is good and virtuous. ‘Daśabhakti' - a collection of the adoration of the essentials that
help the soul in acquiring merit. The essentials include the
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