Treatise on Jainism

Author(s): Jayantibhai S Sanghvi
Publisher: S J Sanghvi

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A Treatise on Jainism
Internal austerities are also six :
(1) Prayashchitta, Expiation. (2) Vinaya, Reverence.
(3) Vaiyavritya, Service of the saints or worthy people.
(4) Swadhyaya, Study.
(5) Vyutsarga, Giving up attachment to the body, etc.
(6) Dhyana, Concentration.
VII. Moksha. Liberation is freedom from all karmic matter as a result of the nonexistence of the cause of bondage and the shedding off of all karmas previously bound. The total separation of Soul from the bondage of all karmic matter is liberation (Moksha). It is the state of a Siddha, the condition of perfection. Continuous devotion to Apta (Own Soul), study of the scriptures, and meditation of the seven principles, cause the subsidence of wrong belief (Mithyatva) and of the four error-feeding passions ( Anantanubandhi Kashaya) and as a consequence the Real Right Belief, which is an attribute of the Soul, shines forth in its true splendour. At this stage the Right Believer is fully convin