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nisreyas is not only the ultimate one, but also those moments of 'bliss' may be considered as the stepping stones to the ultimate state. This is expressed as iheva moksa suvi hitānam."
The nishreyasha in the Jain philosophy can be considered as something practical and accessible to all who make efforts to attain it. Nișcaya & Vyavahāra Nayas
The concept of niśreyas that has been explained is in the perspective of vyavahāra naya. The niscaya naya propounds that soul in itself is always free, because no karma can actually contain at the original nature of soul. This is accepted by the Jain Philosophy and this view is very near to vedantic concept of theory of Brahman, Sankhya philosophy of purusa as "akarta'' and Buddhist philosophy of Nirvana. In other words, we may say that when we enter the niscaya world, almost all differences evapourate and we get an unanimous view regarding the ultimate state of niśreyas. But when we deal with the vyavahara naya, the different perspecptive emerge and we get the varied view. After all, we have to live in vyavahāra world, and therefore, try to reconcile the differences by applying the theory of syadvăd.
The theory of relativity as propounded by Albert Einstein and Law of gravitation propounded by Newton are good examples of understanding the difference in niscaya and vyavahara nayas. Space & time, according to Einstion are relative, while they are absolute in Newtonian Physics. If we reconcile them, we find that for our practical purposes, Newtonian laws still work and offer us simple theories to understand the working of physical world, while Einstein approach is complicated and is applicable in microcosmos.
The essence of the Niśreyas concept in our practical life is that people following spiritual, moral and ethical laws in life, can lead a life of bliss or ecstacy; while those who lead a life based on an absolutely materialistic world-view would make life more complicated and frought with all sorts of distrubances.
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