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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsur Gyanmandir
substantive and spatial standpoints the soul has an end but from the temporal and modal standpoint it has no end." "The same logic applies to liberation From the substantive standpcint liberation is one, and it has an end. From the spatial standpoint, its length and breadth are forty-five lac yojanas, its circumference or boundary is somewhat more than one crore forty-two lac thirty thousand two hundred forty-nine yojanas; so it has an end. From the temporal standpoint liberation was there in the past, it is there in the present, it will be there in future. There is no time when it is non-existent. At no time it ceases to exist. So from the temporal standpoint it has no end. And from the modal standpoint too it has no end. In short, from the substantive and spatial standpoints liberation has an end but from the temporal and modal standpoint it has no end." "O Skandaka ! You do have a doubt as to whether or not the perfected soul siddha has an end. In its case also, you should think along the same lines, that is the four standpoints, substantive, spatial, temporal and modal. From the substantive standpoint the perfected soul has an end. From the spatial standpoint it has innumerable space-points and hence it has an end. From the temporal standpoint it has beginning but no end. From the modal standpoint it has endless modes of pure knowledge and pure vision."
Twelve Ways of Balamarana Ke
"O Skandaka ! You want to know the answer to the following question about death : Which type of death prolongs and strengthens the transmigratory existence and which type of death shortens the transmigratory existence ? Death is of two types - balamarana (death inspired by ignorance, superstition and blind faith) and panditamarana (death inspired by wisdom,
understanding, universal love and compassion)." Skandaka: "O venerable one ! How does one voluntarily invite death wher
one is inspired by ignorance, blind faith or superstition ?" |
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