THE SPIRITUAL SUCCESS

 

Daughter : Ma, what is the ultimate purpose of human life ?  
Mother : The ultimate purpose of our lives is spiritual upliftment or salvation.
Daughter : Ma, how does one achieve this spiritual success ?
Mother :

Every one can attain spiritual upliftment by faith and knowledge of Jiva-Ajiva and all seven Tattvas as preached by Jina. The seven Tattvas are Jiva (soul), Ajiva (non-living entities), Asrava (inflow of karma in to the soul), Bandha (bomdage of karma in to the soul), Nirjara (gradual disintegration of karma from soul) and Moksa (soul becomes free fro all karmas). These seven Tattvas are instrumental in the journey of the soul from impure state to the pure state.

Daughter : What are the obstacles in this path ?
Mother :

Inflow and bondage of karmic matter are the obstacles in the path of success. The soul of living beings receives the karma particles in every day life through the constant action of mind, speech and body. The inflow and bondage of karmic particles lead to misery and sufferings. So after knowing them well, we should give them up.

Daughter : Ma, so what is the solution ?
Mother :

Stoppage of inflow of karmas and gradual disintegration of accumulated karmic matter lead us to liberation. We should therefore practise them. The need for this two fold action of Samvara and Nirjara provide the basis of Jaina religious practices. these are means to achieve spiritual success, libration or mokse.

My child, we can further explain this by an example. Imagine a person who wants to cross the river in his boat. He starts rowing and he notices that through few holes in the boat, water starts entering his boat. It makes difficult for him to move further. He plugs the makes the holes and manages to stop the inflow of water in to his boat but this is not enough as the boat has still lot of water which got collected earlier. With the help of a little vessel, he gets rid of the accumulated water and by subsequent rowing, crosses the river.

In the same manner, a soul desireous of freedom from worldly sufferings and cycles of births and rebirths purifies itself and attains liberation (moksa). In the  above example, human life is like the boat. The holes in the boat are our ignorance of seven Tattvas because of which the karmic matter inflows in to the soul (Asrava) and karmas get accumulated (Bandha). The process of sealing by right conduct is stoppage of new karmas (Samvara) and gradual removal of the accumulated water in the boat refers to the gradual disintegration of the accumulated karmic particles (Nirjara); which ultimately leads to liberation (Moksa), like crossing the river.

 

 

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More About Jainism
Namokara - Mantra Twenty Four Tirthankaras
The Religion (Dharma) The Doctrine of Anekanta and Syadvada  The Universe
Law of Nature Three Jewels of Jainism The Spiritual Success
Bhagvana Risabhadeva Jaina Religious Practices Bhagvana Mahavira
Path to Liberation : A Prayer Meri-Bhavana
Jaina Dhyan and Meditation

 

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