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Ācārya Kundakunda's Pravacanasāra – Essence of the Doctrine
आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित
प्रवचनसार
Acārya Kundakunda's Pravacanasāra - Essence of the Doctrine
आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित प्रवचनसार
• Prakrit Sanskrit • Hindi • English
Divine Blessings: Ācārya 108 Vidyanand Muni
By: Vijay K. Jain
Divine Blessings: Ācārya 108 Vidyānanda Muni
VIJAY K. JAIN
• Published: 2018 • Hard Bound • Printed on Art Paper • Pages: lxi + 345 • Size: 16 x 22.5 cm
ISBN 978-81-932726-1-9
Rs. 600/
Ācārya Kundakunda's (circa 1st century BCE) 'Pravacanasāra' is among the most popular Jaina Scriptures that are studied with great reverence by the ascetics as well as the laymen. Consciousness manifests in form of cognition (upayoga) - purecognition (śuddhopayoga), auspicious-cognition (śubhopayoga) and inauspiciouscognition (aśubhopayoga). Pure-cognition represents conduct without-attachment (vītarāga caritra). Perfect knowledge or omniscience (kevalajñāna) is the fruit of purecognition (śuddhopayoga). The soul engaged in pure-cognition (śuddhopayoga) enjoys supreme happiness engendered by the soul itself; this happiness is beyond the five senses. Omniscience (kevalajñāna) is real happiness; there is no difference between knowledge and happiness. Delusion (moha), the contrary and ignorant view of the soul about substances, is the cause of misery. The soul with attachment (rāga) toward external objects makes bonds with karmas and the soul without attachment toward external objects frees itself from the bonds of karmas.
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