Sunday, August 1, 2021

Adhyatma Rahasya : Secret of Spirituality ….4 (concluding part)

 

Salvation with supreme concentration:

Gatha 59: With the attainment of supreme concentration, preventing the ashubha asravas and destroying the previously acquired karmas, the Yogi in spite of being alive has attained salvation.

The yogi who has attained such supreme concentration, for him the ashubha asravas are blocked, previously accrued pap karmas are destructed. Thus he attains the state of being alive and at the same time he has attained salvation. This state, in reality is the state of Shukla dhyan wherein the four kinds of ghatiya karmas are destroyed. The concentration in this dhyan is quite powerful which  is the cause for samvar and nirjara.

Yogi’s spirit of renouncement of three types of karmas:

Gatha 60: The ragas etc. form bhava karmas, the gyanavarana etc. form dravya karmas and the body etc. form no-karmas are all external substances with respect to my soul nature. I relinquish all of them with indifference.

Here the spirit of relinquishment of three types of karmas namely bhava karmas, dravya karmas and nokarmas is described since they are all different from my own nature. With such spirit, one attains indifference towards the karmas and their fruitions. Ultimately it results in their relinquishment.

The form of Bhava karma:

Gatha 61: Which is always experienced by the soul in the form of affection towards desirable substances with attitude of mine-ness,  under influence of which jivas indulge in them and experience them, is Bhava karma.

The manifestation of jiva which is experienced in the form of raga-dwesha-kaam- krodha etc. which results in bondage of karma form pudgala matter as nimitta; such power is described as bhava karma. At the same time the capability of pudgala karma to cause jiva to manifest into raga dwesha form as nimitta is also called bhava karma.

The form of dravya karma:

Gatha 62: The soul, in spite of  being conscious natured, is made to attain corrupted state in the form of lack of development of knowledge etc. by the pudgala matter. That is known as dravya karma.

That assortment of pudgala matter is called dravya karma which has the capability to obscure or distort the knowledge etc. qualities of soul. Depending upon the qualities of jiva which are obscured or distorted , these pudgala matter groups are called gyanavarana, darshanavarana, mohaniya, antaraya, ayu, naam and gotra, eight types of dravya karmas.

Form of No-karma:

Gatha 63: On account of fruition of karmas, the pudgala matter involved in the loss-gain etc. form activities pertaining to  the body of the jiva is known as No-karma.

The manifestation of pudgala paramanus on account of fruition of naam karmas etc. for the purpose of strengthening or weakening of bodies, their parts etc., is known as NoKarmas. ‘No’ does not imply absence but represents small. Just as in the manifestation of jiva, the dravya karmas function as nimitta, in the same way the body etc. also serve as nimitta but these nokarmas are not of the same nature as dravya karmas. These are not harmful to the qualities of the soul, nor are they responsible for transmigration in four types of gatis. They are different from karmas and are minor karmas which serve as assistant to karmas in the form of bodies etc. hence they are described as NoKarmas.

Realisation of venerable and despicable for the purpose of own soul experience:

Gatha 64: For the attainment of own pure soul, from the aspect of Nishchaya naya, spiritual form Samyak darshan etc. are venerable for me and the Samyak darshan etc. as described by vyavahara naya are condemnable since they are non existent.

Here the attainment of the own pure soul is the objective which is realised with total elimination of ragas etc. and this is the supreme knowledge, supreme bliss form state of the soul which is Moksha. The means for this is manifestation of soul in undifferentiated jewel trio form which is known as spiritual form samyak darshan etc. from the aspect of Nishchaya naya. On the other hand the Vyavahara describes Moksha marg as the vikalpa form jewel trio which is cause for bondage since this is only Shubha manifestation and not Shuddha manifestation. That is why Vyavahara naya is described as discardable  since by forgoing it only one manifests in nishchaya state.

The aspect of supreme Nishchaya naya:

Gatha 65: From the aspect of param (supreme) Nishchaya naya, nothing is venerable or condemnable for me. My objective is own soul attainment – whether it is realised with efforts or without them.

From the aspect of supreme shuddha nishchaya naya, the Gyani does not  observe the soul as impure, neither as causal tatva ( dravya) nor as effect tatva ( paryaya). Both are pure hence there is nothing to discard or accept. Therefore no vikalpas are generated. The soul is always pure, permanent, unobscured indivisible self of the param-paarinamik bhava form. All other bhavas are manifestations of pudgala. Here the inactive nature of soul is highlighted since for attainment of self, there is indifference towards any efforts.

Renunciation of spirit of doing and acceptance of destiny:

Gatha 66: If you have understood correctly the mysteries of Jain order as preached by great Guru, then ‘I do’ – get rid of this spirit of doing things and accept the all powerful destiny.

Here the same inactive nature of soul is emphasized. All six types of dravyas reside together in the lok but they never deviate from their nature. None of them manifest into form of another. Between their paryayas there is nimitta-naimittik relationship but there is no relationship of doer-deed between them. For jiva to manifest into Moksha form he only has to make effort within himself. When the deed is happening the other dravya is present as nimitta but it does not cause other dravya to manifest. Therefore nimitta does not cause anything to happen. This eliminates the delusion of doing anything for anybody else since it is not possible. Whatever has to happen, is in accordance with the knowledge of the omniscient. This does not rule out efforts by the jiva for realisation. The jiva makes efforts within himself  without getting perturbed with the results since the same effort would be as per the knowledge of the Omniscient.

Forms of Nishchaya and Vyavahara Samyakdarshan:

Gatha 67: The interests in seven tatvas-six dravya etc. different from own pure-knowing -conscious natured self is samyak darshan in Vyavahara sense. The interests in own soul engaged in pure -knowing -conscious form is Samyak darshan in Nishchaya sense.

Here Vyavahara samyak darshan has been defined as attention towards six types of dravyas and seven types of tatvas which are different from the own pure knowledge form nature. Nishchaya samyak darshan is the interest within own nature of the soul which is pure knowledge-conscious form. All other substances are ignored here.

Forms of Nishchaya and Vyavahara Samyak Gyan:

Gatha 68: The Nirvikalpa form own experience ignoring the presence of external substances is termed as Samyak Gyan from aspect of Nishchaya. The Savikalpa form knowledge accepting the presence of external substances is termed as Samyak Gyan from aspect of Vyavahara naya.

From the aspect of Nishchaya naya, that Nirvikalpa own soul experience is samyak gyan which ignores the presence of other dravyas different from own soul. From aspect of Vyavahara naya, Samyak Gyan is that knowledge with vikalpa wherein the knowledge of other substances is primary.

The form of Savikalpa Gyan:

Gatha 69: The knowledge which is acquired in a mixed form with the substances in a describable form with words, that is termed as Savikalpa Gyan.

Here the Savikalpa Gyan is identified by two means. First is that it is mixed with the knowledge of some other substance other than own pure soul.  Secondly it should be subject of some word or group of words in a describable way. This also leads to conclusion that Nirvikalpa gyan cannot be described with words.

The forms  of Nishchaya and Vyavahara  Samyak Charitra:

Gatha 70: The relinquishment of all pap form yoga (activities of mind-speech-body) is Samyak Charitra from the aspect of Vyavahara naya. From aspect of Nishchaya naya, the supreme blissful form manifestation upon destruction of karmas is Samyak Charitra.

The relinquishment of all violence etc. form pap activities which are carried out by mind-speech-body is termed as Vyavahara Samyak Charitra. The supreme blissful form manifestation of soul upon destruction of karmas is called Nishchaya Samyak Charitra.

The Nishchaya-Vyavahara form jewel-trio are benedictory

 Gatha 71: The right belief of the nature of reality, right knowledge of the same and penance form right conduct together form Vyavahara jewel trio. The realisation of own soul form Samyak darshan, experience of own soul form samyak gyan and remaining engrossed in own soul is samyak charitra in nishchaya jewel-trio form. Depending upon the time etc. form Labdhi (attainments), the Vyavahara is incomplete purity form  and Nishchaya is complete purity form. Both of these are dear to Bhavya Jivas and are benedictory for all of us.

Now the granth is being concluded. At this stage both forms of jewel trio of Vyavahara and Nishchaya are being mentioned and it is told that those jivas who attain incomplete purification on acceptance of Vyavahara jewel trio on account of time etc. form Kaal Labdhi, they attain complete purification also by means of Nishchaya jewel trio. Finally the bhavya jivas interested in purification are blessed with the words that may this Vyavahara and Nishchaya form jewel trio dharma be benedictory for you.

Glory of pure soul and desire of attainment of the same:

Gatha 72: Which is continuously illuminated in blissful-conscious form, which is subject of contemplation of Yogis, which is the cause of this universe, which is offered obeisance by Indras, which describes the strangeness of this universe, whose internal firm belief is the path and being engrossed in which is the salvation; let that Param Bramha be revealed in my mind.

In the end of this Granth, again that Supreme Bramha – supreme purification form existent-blissful-conscious form Paramatma is recalled  for the sake of Mangal, which is ever illuminated with its conscious illumination and bliss. The illumination never falters. This form is always the subject of contemplation of Yogis, which inspires the world for upliftment of their souls, for whom the Indras bow in obeisance, which consolidates the strangeness of this universe – in fact without it the world does not have anything special. Whose firm belief is means for soul development and immersion in which is means for salvation. Lastly the author has wished that may this spirit be ever illuminated in my mind.

 

                                                The End 

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