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with all, but essentially he is separate and distinct from all others. Conclusively, oneness, shelterlessness and separateness are real truths. Their practice saves man from the feelings of pleasure and pain due to external causes.
There are two levels of our consciousness : (1) that of feeling, and (2) that of knowledge. The cycle of pleasure and pain goes on and on at the level of feeling. It stops at the level of knowledge. In that state of being, real-bliss appears, which is beyond causes and situations, and is not influenced or obstructed by circumstances. This blissful state of knowledge can be realised by the practice of anupreksha. With the evolution of the consciousness of the knower and the seer, sensation goes on weakening and knowledge expanding or manifesting. This practice of pure-knowledge is possible even today. Pure-knowlege means : knowoledge alone, free and dissociated from every thing else, and knowledge without sensation.
The conclusion of the above discussion is : man can understand the mystery of pleasure and pain by becoming his own self, and only then his search for their basic source ends.
Jaina Visva Bharati Ladnu-341 306 (Rajasthan)
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