Sunday, January 19, 2025

Gyan Goshthi…15

                                                          

14. Karta-Karma

528. Q: We do deeds of others from morning to evening whole day, and you say that ‘don’t do’ – why so?

A: Don’t do of others- not this; but you cannot do work of others. In  not doing – there is capability to do but will not do – such meaning is derived; but here the soul cannot do slightest deed of body etc. other dravya, the soul does not have capability to do of others- this is the intent.

‘I do deed of others whole day’ – this belief only is great pap of Mithyatva. One substance floats outside other substance only and what can the outside floating substance do to the other substance? Fire floating outside water without touching water cannot heat it.

The knife floating outside vegetable cannot make pieces of the vegetable. The paryaya of pieces of vegetable are generated out of self by themselves only. The outside floating substance cannot do anything to it since it does not even touch it. In Samaysar Gatha 3rd  it is told that every substance touches its guna-paryaya – kisses it., but does not touch other substance, then  what can it do for the others. Agyani just takes pride in being karta. Every substance independently manifests within self – this has been broadcast in the divine sermon of the omniscient ; even then I can change the other dravya, can do something for it- infinite substances I can modify – such infinite order spirit of doing is strong Mithyatva.

529. Q: If one does something by caring for others etc. charitable deeds then whether it would be called as doing something? If only own deeds are carried out and nothing is done for the others then what is great? Even dog manages to eat and survive.

  A: Doing something for others is charitable – this spirit itself is defective. People have strong delusion that doing deeds of others is real work. The real work does not have such definition. Actually the supreme substance is own soul and nothing else. Or the supreme substance is Moksha  and making efforts for it i.e. the right understanding of soul, that is the supreme work. I can take care of others- this is not supreme substance, instead this belief harms the supreme substance , since the soul cannot carry out work of others.

530. Q: With this dharma the society would not be benefited?

A: The true nature of substance is such only. Oh! The people of society would be benefited by truth or untruth?  Every one would be benefited by truth only. The truth which benefits one, would benefit infinite also. Non understanding of the true nature results in misery for the jivas of the world, if he understands it then the dukh would be avoided and sukh would be revealed. Without understanding truth no one gets benefited and truth does not harm anyone ever. Whatever harm this jiva has attained and accrued is due to his own untrue understanding. The true understanding only is the business of benefit , in that there is no loss at all. 

531. Q: Jiva cannot do anything in Nishchaya for others , but in Vyavahara he can do – such anekant should be accepted?

A: This belief is erroneous. Such believer does not have knowledge of Nishchaya and Vyavahara. Either with Nishchaya or with Vyavahara, with any of the naya – soul cannot do anything for others. The kriya of others is independent – to know this and to give information of the nimitta at that time, ‘he did this’ – telling thus in Upachar sense is Vyavahara. Jiva can do in Vyavahara for others- such belief is not Vyavahara naya, it is Mithyatva.

532. Q: The life and death of other jivas occur due to them itself, I cannot do anything for them , I am merely knower- with such belief the manifestations of jiva would be heartless ?

A: Brother! Having faith as per the nature of substance results in Veetragata. With shraddha of Chaitanya swabhava renouncing the manifestations of compassion etc. if he remains knower merely then he would manifest in Veetrag bhava ; even though Agyani may call him heartless. In the world also with the death of young son the father does not die with him  , then why do you not call him heartless? It is not heartlessness, it is having that type of sense.

The people of the world also become heartless with goals of corruption. In the home the young daughter in law has become widow and the sixty year old father in law is engaged in pleasures ; look! How heartless he is!  Agyani with the goal of passion become heartless, where as gyani jiva with the goal of their Chaitanya swabhava concentrating within self becomes siddha devoid of corrupting bhavas and is called Veetragi. The jivas who engage in corrupted bhava , they don’t do for others , but within himself that category of Kashaya manifests resulting in that corruption and the one who believes it worthy of doing, he is Mithya Drishti. Gyani jiva for attaining veetraga bhava do not care about others. This is not heartlessness , this is swabhava state – veetraga state.

533. Q: If soul is not karta of speech then ‘Muni should speak truth’ – why this is told?

A: Along with Samyak Gyan if the bhava is that of speaking truth, then the speech that ensues is truth only- to inform such relationship it is told as nimitta that Muni should speak truth. In that the intent is such that Muniraj remaining stationary  in Atma nature should not engage in vikalpa of speech at all and if it is there then ashubha raga of untrue speech should not be there . Its meaning is certainly not that the soul is karta of corporeal speech.

534. Q: If Munis do not have ownership of speech then why do they give sermons?

A: Brother! Muniraj do not give sermons at all, they merely know the sermons. Bhagwan says, Jinavar says- this is stated in shastra in this way. But Bhagwan does not speak, Bhagwan merely knows the speech , in reality he knows himself only. Knowing self and others is natural, there is no expectations of others, knowing is nature only. Bhagwan KundKundacharya says that I shall describe by own glory. You verify it. Oh Bhagwan! The speech is not yours? Speech does not impart gyan also. Brother! Oh! It is wonderful , strange thing , the nature of thing is strange. The statements of nimitta-naimittik are there in path of Omniscient only , not anywhere else.

535. Q: You say that the paryaya of body would be the way it should be at that time, then what can doctor do about it? If doctor cannot solve the illness then he should give up the practice?

A: Drishti should be directed inwards. Whether raga comes or greed comes, but weightage should not be given to it. Weightage should be given to inside only.

536. Q: Keeping the Drishti this way, then practice ?

A: What can be practiced? Doing- not thus ; merely knowing the bhavas of raga and greed which are generated.

537. Q: Believing something and doing something else?

A: That only happens which has to happen- believing thus.

538. Q: One paramanu does not touch another paramanu, then in pot of milk by adding one drop of poison the entire milk becomes poisonous – what is the reason?

A: Every paramanu has own cause-effect. The paramanus of milk have manifested in poison form by themselves; not due to drops of poison. Oh! One dravya does not touch another dravya – this subject of Veetrag , who will believe?

539. Q: Whether the cause effect relationship of jiva with ajiva cannot be established?

A: No. The manifestation of each dravya occurs by itself , the other dravya cannot carry it out. Jiva is produced by own manifestation , his cause-effect bhava with ajiva does not get established. The lips move, speech ensues, Jiva is their karta- this does not get established. Pulses, rice, vegetables are there- jiva cannot do them . Pieces of roti cannot be done by jiva. The movements of parts of body occur, their karta is jiva – this does not get established. Yes, for all those activities of ajiva the karta is pudgala dravya – this gets established. Oh! It is sookshma subject brother. If he understands the substance described by Veetrag then he would cross the worldly ocean- this is the thing.

540. Q: One jiva cannot make other jiva unhappy- this is alright , but the fruition of asata karma is the cause for the unhappiness?

A: Even that is not so. The fruition of Asata administers the external unfavourable conditions and in the period of those conditions the jiva with his own moha bhava carries out the imagination of dukh and then he does get unhappy only. Hence the fruition of Asata karma does not cause dukh but it is caused by Moha bhava only. At the time of fruition of Asata if he does not imagine the dukh due to moha and identifying the soul, if he remains experiencing it , then  there is no dukh. The external conjunctions cannot be changed , but removing Drishti from conjunctions the experience can be changed.

541. Q: Others cannot do our work- what is use of such decision?

A: By deciding that others cannot do out work, the shraddha dependent upon others is relinquished, this is the benefit; subsequently the progress can be done towards self, and with recourse to self with purushartha,  Samyak darshan is attained.

542. Q: Raga is done by jiva, karma does is  , jiva and karma together do it, these are told- what is right amongst the three?

A: ‘raga’ is due to fault of jiva, hence jiva is karta of raga. But jiva nature does not have any guna of corruption, hence to direct the Drishti upon dravya, the karta of raga is karma , karma being pervasive does the raga , this is told and if the knowledge of Praman has to be provided then jiva and karma together carry out the raga, this is said. Just as ‘son’ belongs to mother and father both.

Bhagwan  atma is Gyayak flame, he is not karta of corruption. The karta of degeneration is Mithyatva, Avirati, Kashaya and Yog – these four types of karma and their 13 constituents. Atma is statue of Shuddha Chaitanya , he is not karta of corruption.

543. Q: In Karma-karma adhikar, the corruption is called as pervasive-pervaded with pudgala?

A: If observed from swabhava Drishti then the cause of corruption is not swabhava at all. Hence the nimitta of the corruption,  which is karma, is called as pervasive-pervaded with corruption.

544. Q: Gyani believes soul to be Shuddha dravya-guna and Shuddha paryaya alone only?

A: Gyani from aspect of shraddha believes that. Looking from aspect of gyan the jiva himself is manifesting in karta form of raga, thus gyani knows.

In the sapphire stone the red-yellow shadows which are observed, they occur due to its own capability ; even then if observed from the prime nature of sapphire stone then that colour is affliction form and not prime nature. In the same way if observed from paryaya Drishti then the corruption is dharma of capability of paryaya, but if seen  from dravyarthika naya then corruption is not his prime nature.

545. Q: Dravya is Shuddha, guna is Shuddha and paryaya is ashuddha. That does not happen due to karma then how did this ashuddhata happen?

A: Dravya-Guna is trikaal Shuddha and paryaya gets corrupted. That corruption is due to the capability of that paryaya of that samaya resulting in momentary corruption, not due to karma. With the goal of nimitta of karma , due to capability of that samaya the corruption occurs. In Panchastikaya 12th gatha the corruption is said to be not due to other predicates. Since corruption is also independent manifestation at that samaya.

546. Q: In Gommatsar it is told that due to fruition of karma, corruption occurs ?

A: The corrupted state is due to capability of paryaya in own kaal, not due to fruition of karma. However under dependence of nimitta the corruption occurs, hence to provide the knowledge of nimitta it is told that due to fruition of karma it occurs. In Samaysar also the karta of corruption is called as Pudgala karma. There the emphasis of Drishti is upon dravya , for telling this, the soul is not corrupted form , the pudgala karma is its karta – this is told. In Pravachansar the karta of corruption is jiva , this is told. There that corrupted manifestation is not that of karma but that of jiva- this is told. Depending upon the aspect in which it is told, it should be rightly understood from that aspect only,  then only the form of substance can be understood the way it is.

Realisation of Shuddha atma being different from  raga is Samyak darshan. Pooja, bhakti, yatra etc have been performed infinite times, but without Samyak gyan of soul the end of rebirths has not come.

547. Q: If karma does not cause corruption of soul,  then who is the cause of corruption occurring in the soul ? Samyak Drishti jiva does not have bhavana of indulging in corruption , even then  he gets corrupted, this is seen- in such state the karma causes the corruption , this should be accepted or not?

A: No, this belief is erroneous. Soul gets corrupted due to fault of own paryaya, karma does not cause corruption, but the capability of paryaya at that samaya is such. Samyak Drishti does not have bhavana of doing raga-dwesha , even then raga-dwesha occurs, its reason is such capability of paryaya of charitra guna. The bhavana is not that of raga-dwesha – this is paryaya of shraddha guna . The raga-dwesha occurs- this is paryaya of charitra guna. Due to weakness of paryaya raga-dwesha occurs – telling this also is statement of nimitta. In reality due to capability of charitra guna at that samaya the raga-dwesha occurs.

548. Q: When corruption occurs due to capability of paryaya of charitra guna , then so long it has such capability of being corrupted , till then the corruption would continue- in such state the avoidance of corruption is not in the domain of jiva?

A: There is independent capability at every samaya- which gyan took such decision ? Without inclining towards trikaali swabhava, the independence of paryaya of each samaya cannot be decided in the gyan. When gyan inclined towards the trikaali swabhava with aim towards it,  then with the realisation of swabhava  the capability of raga-dwesha in paryaya continuously reduces every moment. The one who decided the swabhava, in his paryaya the capability of raga-dwesha remaining for long does not exist – such is the power of Samyak decision.

549. Q: Bhagwan Atma is karak (factor) of  corruption or non-karak? Whether corruption occurs due to Other dravya ?If not then why it is preached to be aloof towards other dravya ? Whether paryaya being uncorrupted is within capability of dravya ? Kindly clarify all these.

A: Bhagwan Atma is mass of uncorrupted bliss beyond senses, it is not cause for corruption at all. By aiming towards other dravya the corruption does occur for sure but that corruption is not due to other dravya. By aiming towards other dravya, the paryaya independently manifests in corrupted form. Own dravya is Shuddha Chaitanya statue blissful form , paryaya does not become uncorrupted due to that ;  but with aim towards own dravya the paryaya by itself on its own independently gets uncorrupted. Contrary to it by aiming towards other dravya the paryaya by itself becomes corrupted.

Hence soul by nature is not Karak ( doer) of raga. If soul not be non-karak of raga , then the preachment of relinquishing the aim towards other dravya would prove to be worthless. Hence due to corruption occurring with aim towards other dravya only, the preachment is to be aloof towards other dravya. In corruption the other dravya is nimitta. This nimitta-naimittik relation informs that soul by nature is non-karak of corruption only.

550.  Q: Who makes soul as anger etc. form or Gyan etc. form? Whether the fruition of karma or unfavourable conjunctions do not make him agyan form?

A: Just as white conche shell eats whatever amount of black soil, even then that black soil do not make him white to black ; in the same way whatever be the amount of strong karma fruition or unfavourable conjunctions be present even then they cannot make gyan form Chaitanya atma to be agyan form or cannot make it manifest in anger etc. Kashaya form. The anger etc. form manifestations of soul occurs due to his own fault, the other dravya cannot make soul to be corrupted. Due to Deva-Guru etc. other dravya the soul manifests Samyak darshan-gyan-charitra form – such is not the case ; soul by himself on his own manifests in Samyak darshan- gyan-charitra form  and then only jewel trio gets revealed. The other dravya cannot make soul to be gyani or agyani at all . Soul himself due to own fault manifests in anger etc. form and due to own quality manifests in gyan form.

551. Q: What is the cause for attainment of Samyak Darshan and Keval Gyan?

A: For attainment of Samyak Darshan there is no other cause other than realisation of shuddhatama, vikalpa of nine tattvas are also not cause for Samyak Darshan. For attaining Keval Gyan, Shuddhopayoga is the cause and none other. For attainment of Keval Gyan believing any thing  other than shuddhopayoga as cause (ragas etc.) – this is disrespect to keval gyan, shuddhopayoga , dharma, moksha and practitioners of moksha the shuddhopayogi saints also. Such contrary belief is great fault and such belief is cause for world.

Oh! Shuddhopayoga is highway of Keval Gyan and Shubha raga is looter of keval gyan. Believing raga to be means for dharma is criminal of the highway; he is not traveller of highway, he is traveller of raga marg, i.e. worldly marg- thus it should be known.

552. Q: One does not do others’ paryaya – this is alright but whether he does not do own paryaya also ?

A: Own paryaya also occurs at its own kaal and would do so, so what can be done about it? In reality he is Gyata-Drishta only. With efforts attain moksha- this is told,  tightening the belt win over Moha- this is written; but in reality in his drishti only dravya is seen, i.e. he is gyata-drishta only. There is infinite purushartha in gyata-drishta.

553. Q: Jiva may not do deeds of ajiva, but own manifestations can be carried out as desired or not?

A: Jiva cannot do own manifestations also as desired; but the manifestation which has to occur sequentially , the same occurs, it cannot be done earlier or later as desired. In the world every thing occurs in organised manner sequentially and no changes are possible. The restless person wishes to make lot of changes but he cannot do anything. The essence of all these things is that Brother! You direct Drishti upon Dhruva swabhava.

554. Q: Whether cause for paryaya is not even own dravya?

A: Own paryaya does not happen by other dravya anyway and own dravya did the paryaya- this is also Vyavahara. In reality paryaya is that of paryaya and with own capability occurs at own kaal, this is Nishchaya. Paryaya of Samyak darshan was generated therefore Mithyatva karma was destroyed, this is not so either; but in the present paryaya samyaktva was generated , therefore the past paryaya of Mithyatva bhava is eliminated, this too  is not so. The  paryaya of Samyak Darshan is independently generated and the destruction of Mithyatva paryaya has  also happened independently.

The generation of Keval Gyan paryaya occurred, that is due to absence of Keval Gyanavarana karma , it is not so at all; but due to own dravya the keval gyan paryaya was generated , it is not so either. Paryaya is produced due to shatkarak of paryaya independently. Here it is told that paryaya is not produced by dravya, The aim of paryaya is towards dravya, that is due to own capability of paryaya , not due to dravya. The aim of Samayak Darshan paryaya is upon dravya , that is due to own capability of that paryaya.  This is the essence of Dwadashang.

In reality the paryaya is generated at its own kaal, the one which is supposed to occur only. Paryaya is produced by dravya – this is Vyavahara statement only. Dravya is not cause of Utpad of paryaya nor that of Vyaya. This is Nishchaya. Samyak darshan paryaya is produced with recourse to dravya, such statement is in certain aspect only. Samyak darshan paryaya occurs at the time of its birth; but the aim of paryaya is upon dravya, hence with recourse to dravya Samyak darshan is produced, this is told.

In reality Samyak darshan is paryaya of being different from others at its own kaal, which is  time of birth of paryaya of bheda gyan,  then only that paryaya is generated. But to whom it is produced? Those whose aim is at dravya swabhava, to them only it happens. For those who are standing in the paryaya and facing the paryaya only do not get the true gyan of own kaal of paryaya. This is the supreme true form of Jain darshan.

555. Q: Dravya does not do paryaya also, by saying so the dravya has totally become inactive?

A: Brother! This is the root subject of the inner secrets. In this the dravya has not become inactive,  instead it is proved to be extraordinary ( non worldly)  dravya.

556. Q: The colour guna in Paramanu is trikaali , its paryaya in first samaya may be black, which changes in second samaya to red, while or yellow, then who is the cause for it. If colour guna is cause then that is stationary only , then why strangeness in manifestations?

A: In reality the paryaya of that samaya of that paramanu has manifested independently due to own Shatkarak , in that colour guna is not cause. In the same way the paryaya of every dravya in its own kaal manifests independently. Oh! The subject of independence of paryaya is highly intricate.

557. Q: What is the greatest folly since eternal times?

A: What is impossible to be done, having buddhi of doing it is the folly. The deeds of body can be done by me, I can move hand-feet etc. , deeds of other dravya can be done by me- all these thought process is unintelligent. I can make other jivas happy or unhappy, save or kill, can serve desha or family – such buddhi is foolish . All the activities of other dravya is under its own control, being done by other dravya is impossible ; even then the buddhi of doing it to happen is foolishness of Mithyatva. Further the deed which can be carried out by self only – such true shraddha, true gyan, true conduct this jiva does not do- this is his second greatest folly.

558. Q: One dravya does not do anything for other dravya- in this Siddhant this thing gets understood that one jiva cannot do anything for another jiva , but one paramanu does not do second paramanu- this thing is not understood.

A: Each paramanu is independent, that also being karta himself does own deed, the other paramanu is totally absent there. Now if we consider further minutely then the paryaya of pudgala dravya is independent itself ,  dravya is also not its cause. Brother! The subject of veetrag is very sookshma.

559.  Q: You say that body is not yours and raga is also not yours, but we have activities of these two only night and day. Now what to do?

A: Body manifests independently due to own shatkarak and in the same way raga also manifests by own shatkarak by own reason. You are merely knower of these two. In one samaya the paryaya manifests independently by shatkarak- not due to dravya and due to past paryaya the later paryaya has manifested- this is not so either. The paryaya of every substance at every samaya manifests by shatkarak independently – this is the reality of substance. Brother! Your tattva is filled with Gyayak bhava , what can it do other than knowing?

560. Q: Although we cannot do deed of other dravya , but disinterestedly make others happy- provide comfort, then (is it alright) ?

A: ‘I can make others happy- can provide comfort’ this Drishti only is delusion of Mithyatva form . ‘ Make others happy, benefit others’ – this is pride  of karta-buddhi, it is not disinterestedness .

561.  Q: What is the benefit by understanding the independence of substances?

A: By understanding the independence of substances, the karta of own manifestation is self and not other; thus understanding , being aloof from others, experience the soul by concentrating within self- this is the benefit. Own nature is gyata-drishta- knowing this if he remains merely seer-knower , then the wandering in 84 incarnations would be eliminated and salvation would be attained- this is the benefit.

Continued….

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