āŠķāŦāаāŦ€ āŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪ-āŠļāŠŋāŠĶāŦāЧāŠŋ āŠķāŠūāŠļāŦāŠĪāŦāа āŠ°āŠšāŠĻāŠū āŠĶāŠŋāŠĻ - Shree Atmasidhhi Shashtra Anniversary - October 18

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II āŦÂ II

II Shree Satgurudevay Namah II

 

Jai Bhagwan Everyone,

 

We have talked about the Soul’s existence in āŠķāŦāаāŦ€ āŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪ-āŠļāŠŋāŠĶāŦāЧāŠŋ āŠķāŠūāŠļāŦāŠĪāŦāа before. After accepting the possibility of the Soul’s existence, the disciple doubts about the Soul’s eternal nature and asks āŠŠāŠ°āŠŪāŠ•āŦƒāŠŠāŠūāŠģāŦ āŠĶāŦ‡āŠĩ two questions:

 

(1) â€œāŠŽāŦ€āМāŦ€ āŠķāŠ‚āŠ•āŠū āŠĨāŠūāŠŊ āŠĪāŦāŠŊāŠūāŠ‚, āŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪāŠū āŠĻāŠđāŠŋ āŠ…āŠĩāŠŋāŠĻāŠūāŠķ; āŠĶāŦ‡āŠđāŠŊāŦ‹āŠ—āŠĨāŦ€ āŠŠāŠŠāŠœāŦ‡, āŠĶāŦ‡āŠđāŠĩāŠŋāŠŊāŦ‹āŠ—āŦ‡ āŠĻāŠūāŠķ.” The second doubt is that the Soul is not eternal; it is born and dies with the body.

 

(2) â€œāŠ…āŠĨāŠĩāŠū āŠĩāŠļāŦāŠĪāŦ āŠ•āŦāŠ·āŠĢāŠŋāŠ• āŠ›āŦ‡, āŠ•āŦāŠ·āŠĢāŦ‡ āŠ•āŦāŠ·āŠĢāŦ‡ āŠŠāŠēāŠŸāŠūāŠŊ; āŠ āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠ­āŠĩāŠĨāŦ€ āŠŠāŠĢ āŠĻāŠđāŦ€āŠ‚, āŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪāŠū āŠĻāŠŋāŠĪāŦāŠŊ āŠœāŠĢāŠūāŠŊ.” Or since the matter by changing every moment is momentary; the Soul is also momentary and not eternal.

 

āŠŠāŠ°āŠŪāŠ•āŦƒāŠŠāŠūāŠģāŦ āŠĶāŦ‡āŠĩ answers disciple’s questions:

 

(1) “āŠĶāŦ‡āŠđ āŠŪāŠūāŠĪāŦāа āŠļāŠ‚āŠŊāŦ‹āŠ— āŠ›āŦ‡, āŠĩāŠģāŦ€ āŠœāŠĄ āŠ°āŦ‚āŠŠāŦ€ āŠĶāŦāаāŠķāŦāŠŊ; āŠšāŦ‡āŠĪāŠĻāŠĻāŠūāŠ‚ āŠ‰āŠĪāŦāŠŠāŠĪāŦāŠĪāŠŋ āŠēāŠŊ, āŠ•āŦ‹āŠĻāŠū āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠ­āŠĩ āŠĩāŠķāŦāŠŊ?” The Body and the Soul coexist but they have opposite qualities. The Body is inanimate and does not know (āŠœāŠĄ), it is visible (āŠ°āŦ‚āŠŠāŦ€) and can be seen (āŠĶāŦāаāŠķāŦāŠŊ). While the āŠšāŦ‡āŠĪāŠĻ Soul knows, is invisible and cannot be seen. How could the inanimate Body know if the knower Soul is born and dead?

 

(2) â€œāŠœāŦ‡āŠĻāŠū āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠ­āŠĩ āŠĩāŠķāŦāŠŊ āŠ, āŠ‰āŠĪāŦāŠŠāŠĻāŦāŠĻ āŠēāŠŊāŠĻāŦāŠ‚ āŠœāŦāŠžāŠūāŠĻ; āŠĪāŦ‡ āŠĪāŦ‡āŠĨāŦ€ āŠœāŦāŠĶāŠū āŠĩāŠŋāŠĻāŠū, āŠĨāŠūāŠŊ āŠĻ āŠ•āŦ‡āŠŪāŦ‡ āŠ­āŠūāŠĻ.” The Soul being the knower, knows the creation and destruction of an entity; the Soul would not be able know this without being separate from that entity.

 

(3) â€œāŠœāŦ‡ āŠļāŠ‚āŠŊāŦ‹āŠ—āŦ‹ āŠĶāŦ‡āŠ–āŠŋāŠŊāŦ‡, āŠĪāŦ‡ āŠĪāŦ‡ āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠ­āŠĩ āŠĶāŦāаāŠķāŦāŠŊ; āŠŠāŠŠāŠœāŦ‡ āŠĻāŠđāŠŋ āŠļāŠ‚āŠŊāŦ‹āŠ—āŠĨāŦ€, āŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪāŠū āŠĻāŠŋāŠĪāŦāŠŊ āŠŠāŦāаāŠĪāŦāŠŊāŠ•āŦāŠ·.” The Soul is the knower of the coexistence with the Body; the eternal knower Soul cannot be made from such coexistence.

 

(4) â€œāŠœāŠĄāŠĨāŦ€ āŠšāŦ‡āŠĪāŠĻ āŠŠāŠŠāŠœāŦ‡, āŠšāŦ‡āŠĪāŠĻāŠĨāŦ€ āŠœāŠĄ āŠĨāŠūāŠŊ; āŠāŠĩāŦ‹ āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠ­āŠĩ āŠ•āŦ‹āЈāŠĻāŦ‡, āŠ•āŦāŠŊāŠūāŠ°āŦ‡ āŠ•āŠĶāŦ€ āŠĻ āŠĨāŠūāŠŊ.” It is not possible to make the knower Soul (āŠšāŦ‡āŠĪāŠĻ) from the inanimate Body (āŠœāŠĄ) or make the inanimate Body from the knower Soul because they have opposite qualities.

 

(5) â€œāŠ•āŦ‹āЈ āŠļāŠ‚āŠŊāŦ‹āŠ—āŦ‹āŠĨāŦ€ āŠĻāŠđāŠŋ, āŠœāŦ‡āŠĻāŦ€ āŠ‰āŠĪāŦāŠŠāŠĪāŦāŠĪāŠŋ āŠĨāŠūāŠŊ; āŠĻāŠūāŠķ āŠĻ āŠĪāŦ‡āŠĻāŦ‹ āŠ•āŦ‹āЈāŠŪāŠūāŠ‚, āŠĪāŦ‡āŠĨāŦ€ āŠĻāŠŋāŠĪāŦāŠŊ āŠļāŠĶāŠūāŠŊ.” Since the Soul cannot be made by combining of the matters, it cannot be destroyed into something else either. Thus, the Soul is eternal.

 

 (6) â€œāŠ•āŦāаāŦ‹āЧāŠūāŠĶāŠŋ āŠĪāŠ°āŠĪāŠŪāŦāŠŊāŠĪāŠū, āŠļāŠ°āŦāŠŠāŠūāŠĶāŠŋāŠ•āŠĻāŦ€ āŠŪāŠūāŠ‚āŠŊ; āŠŠāŦ‚āаāŦāŠĩāŠœāŠĻāŦāŠŪ āŠļāŠ‚āŠļāŦāŠ•āŠūāŠ° āŠĪāŦ‡, āŠœāŦ€āŠĩ āŠĻāŠŋāŠĪāŦāŠŊāŠĪāŠū āŠĪāŦāŠŊāŠūāŠ‚āŠŊ.” The emotional intensity such as anger etcetera in Snake and others; displays the Soul’s previous life habits indicating the Soul’s eternal nature.

 

(7) â€œāŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪāŠū āŠĶāŦāаāŠĩāŦāŠŊāŦ‡ āŠĻāŠŋāŠĪāŦāŠŊ āŠ›āŦ‡, āŠŠāŠ°āŦāŠŊāŠūāŠŊāŦ‡ āŠŠāŠēāŠŸāŠūāŠŊ; āŠŽāŠūāŠģāŠūāŠĶāŠŋ āŠĩāŠŊ āŠĪāŦāаāŠĢāŦāŠŊāŠĻāŦāŠ‚, āŠœāŦāŠžāŠūāŠĻ āŠāŠ•āŠĻāŦ‡ āŠĨāŠūāŠŊ.” The Soul is an eternal matter by nature but it’s passing states (āŠŠāŠ°āŦāŠŊāŠūāŠŊ) change; the Soul is the sole knower of the passing states such as child, adult and old etc.

 

(8) â€œāŠ…āŠĨāŠĩāŠū āŠœāŦāŠžāŠūāŠĻ āŠ•āŦāŠ·āŠĢāŠŋāŠ•āŠĻāŦāŠ‚, āŠœāŦ‡ āŠœāŠūāŠĢāŦ€ āŠĩāŠĶāŠĻāŠūāŠ°; āŠĩāŠĶāŠĻāŠūāŠ°āŦ‹ āŠĪāŦ‡ āŠ•āŦāŠ·āŠĢāŠŋāŠ• āŠĻāŠđāŠŋ, āŠ•āŠ° āŠ…āŠĻāŦāŠ­āŠĩ āŠĻāŠŋāŠ°āŦāЧāŠūāŠ°.” If a speaker knows in first moment and states so in the next moment, the speaker and the knowledge cannot be momentary because the speaker and the knowledge have to exist in the next moment. You can ponder on this to confirm.

 

(9) â€œāŠ•āŦāŠŊāŠūāŠ°āŦ‡ āŠ•āŦ‹āЈ āŠĩāŠļāŦāŠĪāŦāŠĻāŦ‹, āŠ•āŦ‡āŠĩāŠģ āŠđāŦ‹āŠŊ āŠĻ āŠĻāŠūāŠķ; āŠšāŦ‡āŠĪāŠĻ āŠŠāŠūāŠŪāŦ‡ āŠĻāŠūāŠķ āŠĪāŦ‹, āŠ•āŦ‡āŠŪāŠūāŠ‚ āŠ­āŠģāŦ‡ āŠĪāŠŠāŠūāŠļ.” The matter can never be destroyed, if the knower Soul (āŠšāŦ‡āŠĪāŠĻ) is destroyed, check where its knowledge will mix with.

 

Based on the above discussion, our Soul is an eternal matter that cannot be made or destroyed. This will help us to not fear the Body’s death because the Body dies while our Soul moves on to a new Body. Our re-birth cycles will continue until we get rid of all the Karma attached to the Soul with our Aradhana.

 

Let us pay gratitude to āŠŠāŠ°āŠŪāŠ•āŦƒāŠŠāŠūāŠģāŦ āŠĶāŦ‡āŠĩ for passing on to us the essence of the Jain Scriptures by way of āŠķāŦāаāŦ€ āŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪ-āŠļāŠŋāŠĶāŦāЧāŠŋ āŠķāŠūāŠļāŦāŠĪāŦāа and leaving behind the Aradhana for us to shed all the Karma attached to the Soul.

 

You can listen to the above discussion from āŠķāŦāаāŦ€ āŠ†āŠĪāŦāŠŪ-āŠļāŠŋāŠĶāŦāЧāŠŋ āŠķāŠūāŠļāŦāŠĪāŦāа by clicking on this link:


 

Good Luck,

Aej Vinanti,

Sant Charan Sevak,

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