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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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on the other hand, inferred because its activities are adjusted as means to the satisfaction of the purposes of souls as their ends. It is difficult to say that the activities of the Prakyti are willed; hence it is better to call the Praktic evolution only as 'quasi teleological".
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It is again disputable whether the Purusas which are devoid of the three qualities can have any purpose which is satisfied by the Prakṛti. The Purusas in their transcendental nature are free from all desires and imperfections; but they seem to encounter desires when they exist on the phenomenal plane, being overcome by the adjuncts of the Prakyti. The Purusas do not feel interested in the wordly life which mostly breeds pain and sufferings. They seek to isolate themselves completely from the influence of the Prakyti and enjoy their natural blissful state in which they experience unshaken peace and tranquillity. It is a state of perfect equanimity in which the mind is neither pleased nor displeased. In the state of liberation the Purusa becomes entirely free from all kinds of pains which are caused by various causes. In the state of liberation the Purusa becomes entirely free from all kinds of physical pains, mental disturbances and worries, spritual and moral unrest and all kinds of aspirations. Whatever causes a sense of longing and uneasiness and disturbs the equanimity and poise of the soul is totally absent in the state of liberation. It is as if a state of perfection in which nothing is lacking but all is gained and in which nothing remains to be aspired. It is not
