Book Title: tman_and_moksa
Author(s): G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University

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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir The Vaişpava Saints of .... 639 physical happiness, is the true candidate for the attainment of Yoga. He directs his understanding to the knowledge of the Soul. He is firm in his heart and never forgets Me. He knows that even if he does not actually enjoy the senses but thinks of them in his mind, he will be caught in the cycle of (physical) life and death, and will never be free. A little poison can spread in the whole body and destroy life. A little desire of the objects of senses in the mind is also ruinous, because it unsettles discrimination.'Jñanes'vara stresses the need for renunciation, detachment, and indifference for a devotee to the objects of enjoyment and asks the devotees not to do actions, which generate in them attachment and which enhance their sense of egoity. He says that the Yogi performs only those actions which are absolutely necessary; in fact, all actions are being done by Praksti; but the wise person bakes his actions by the fire of his knowledge, and all his undertaking is without any desire for the fruits of his actions, and he does not entertain any kind of determination of the actions in his mind.? Jñanes'vara holds that there is no harm in doing actions but they must be fully dedicated to God and they should not be performed out of personal attachment and out of desire for personal gain. He who gives up attachment (sanga) for the work by leaving it to the Brahman, is not affected by the good or evil 1 Subedar Manu : Jñānes'vari (Tr.), p. 69. ? Jñānes'vari, IV. 103-105. 3 Ibid. III. 186, 187, 188, For Private And Personal

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