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ĀTMĀNUŚĀSANA – PRECEPT ON THE SOUL by Ācārya GUṆABHADRA (ca. 818–900 A.D.) [3]

    Alexander Zeugin
    By Alexander Zeugin

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    Gātha 1

     

    INVOCATION

     

    Having established in my heart Lord Vīra (the twentyfourth Tīrthaṅkara) – the abode of ‘Lakṣmī’ [note 1] (supreme grandeur, splendour) and rid of the karmic dirt – I shall expound ‘Ātmānuśāsana’ for the potential (bhāvya) beings so that they may attain liberation (mokṣa) [note 2].

     

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      • Alexander Zeugin
        By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

        Note 3:

        See Ācārya Kundakunda’s Niyamasāra – The Essence of Soul-adoration, verse 1-6, p. 15-16.

        • Alexander Zeugin
          By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

          Note 2:

          EXPLANATORY NOTE

           

          On destruction of the four inimical (ghātī) karmas, the self-dependent ‘svayambhū’ soul of the ‘Arhat’ – the World Teacher – no longer depends on the five senses; it becomes atīndriya. It is then characterized by infinite knowledge – kevalajñāna (on destruction of the jñānāvaraṇīya karma), infinite perception – kevaladarśana (on destruction of the darśanāvaraṇīya karma), infinite faith or belief in the essential principles of the reality – kṣāyika-samyaktva (on destruction of the mohanīya karma), and infinite power – anantavīrya (on destruction of the antarāya karma). The own-nature (svabhāva) of the soul is knowledge-bliss (jñānānanda), manifested on attainment of its pure state of perfection, rid of all external influence. Just as the brightness of the sun gets diffused on emergence of the clouds but regains intensity as the clouds fade away, similarly, on destruction of the inimical (ghātī) karmas, the soul regains its own-nature of infinite knowledge-bliss (jñānānanda).

           

          The supremely-auspicious-body (paramaudārika śarīra) of the World Teacher or Lord Jina acquires the most splendid attributes, free from the eighteen imperfections.

           

          The eighteen imperfections are:

           

          Hunger (kṣudhā), thirst (tṛṣā), fear (bhaya), displeasure (roṣa, krodha, arati), attachment (rāga), delusion (moha), anxiety (cintā), old-age (żarā), sickness (roga), death (mṛtyu), perspiration (sveda), regret (kheda), pride (mada), liking (rati), astonishment (vismaya), sleep (nidrā), rebirth (janma), and despondency or grief (viṣāda, śoka, udvega) [note 3].

          • Alexander Zeugin
            By Alexander ZeuginComment by owner

            Note 1:

            Lakṣṁī here refers to the Lord’s internal splendour of omniscience, and external splendours like the heavenly Pavilion (samavasaraṇa) and the divine-voice (divyadhvani).

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