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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
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Atman and Mokşa
The adsșța depends on is'vara for the energy (cetană-991) which is necessary for connecting deeds with their results, and the adşşța being itself dependent on God has to derive the necessary energy from God to carry on its operations. Thus, ultimately, the process of awarding rewards to the souls (phaladānakriya) is carried on by God only too remotely as He is the only source of energy which He supplies to all His dependents (as'rita-ana).
Madhva recognises three kinds of jivas or souls like Nimbărka and Rāmānuja: (i) Those fit for the attainment of the final bliss, (ii) those always going through the circle of existences (saṁsārin), (iii) those fit for the condition of darkness. The Rșis and the best of men belong to the first class; ordinary men to the second class; and demons, ghosts and violent men belong to the third class. All these souls are different from one another and from the Supreme Self.? S. Radhakrishnan mentions the traditional three forms of the conscious souls as recognised by Madhva. According to him, they are (i) those eternally free (nitya-farm) like Lakşmi; (ii) those who have freed themselves from saksāra (mukta)-devas and men, rşis and fathers; and (iii) the bound (baddha), including the (muktiyogyagratiaeton) eligible for liberation; it also includes those who are intent for hell or the blinding darkness 1 Jayatirtha: Tattvaprakās' ikā, 3 . 2, p. 161.
ईश्वर एव फलदाता न कर्म; तस्य चेतनत्वेन फलदानोपपत्तेः । 2 Bhandarkar R. G. : Vaisnavism, S'aivism and Minor Religions Systems, p. 60.
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