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 690 Ātman and Moksa is not different from the universe but His power is all-pervading. He is all-good and full of bliss (ānandamaya), and the beautiful Radhikā is his devotion. Thus, like Kabir he also holds that the Lord or God is attributeless ( nirguņa-fajur) and still manifests Himself in a concrete form of attributes (saguņa-Ag). He is infinite and immeasurable. His immensity and expanse are beyond our understanding. In another song Narasimha says "Who is that roams in the sky and says 'That I am', 'That I am'. He is very charming and the intellect cannot understand Him. He is both insentient (jada) and sentient (caitana); He has to be known by actual experience. He shines in the crores of the suns. He is saccidánanda (existence, consciousness, and bliss) that sports and rocks in the beautiful cradle of gold. He shines with his own eternal brilliance without the help of wick, oil, and flame. He sees without eyes and is recognised without form, and He tastes the supreme drink without the tongue. He is free from change and is immutable andi mperishable (avināsi). He is all-pervading, and he can be comprehended only by the subtle thread of love."? He is immeasurable (agañita) and it is futile to know Him by calculating and connecting together His separate manifestations. As He is spread all over, He is also in the heart but one does not know Him inside himself. One, whose mind bathes in His formlessness (nirākára), his delusion that the world is different from Him i Desai I. C. (Editor): Narasimha Mehtaksta Kavyasamgraha (Bhakti songs), Song 49, p. 489. 2 -Ibid. Song 39, P. 484. For Private And Personal

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