08-28-2022, 03:01 PM
Gatha 65
On experiencing agreeable pleasures that depend on the sense organs like touch, the soul, transformed into its impure nature,
becomes of the nature of happiness that the sensual-pleasures provide; the body is not of the nature of happiness.
Explanatory Note: Even in the embodied state of the soul, we do not see that the body is the cause of its happiness. Due to delusion and under influence of the sensual-pleasures, the soul transforms itself into the deplorable state of impure knowledge, perception and energy. In its impure state, the soul assumes happiness in enjoyment of the sensual-pleasures. The body being inanimate, it can never be the substantive-cause (upādāna kārana) of the effect that is happiness. The truth is that even in its worldly state, the body is not the cause of happiness, the soul is.
Gatha 66
In fact, even in the heaven, the body is not the cause of happiness that the soul experiences. The soul transforms itself into the
state of happiness or misery when it is under the influence of the sensual-pleasures.
Explanatory Note: Existence as the heavenly being is superior to other states of worldly existence. Heavenly beings are endowed
with excellent transformable body (vaikriyika śarīra) and even that body is not the real cause of happiness. It is the nature of the
soul that, under the influence of the desirable and the undesirable objects, it assumes the state of happiness or misery. The body is not
the cause of the soul’s happiness or misery.
Taken from : Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra – Essence of the Doctrine by Vijay K. Jain
On experiencing agreeable pleasures that depend on the sense organs like touch, the soul, transformed into its impure nature,
becomes of the nature of happiness that the sensual-pleasures provide; the body is not of the nature of happiness.
Explanatory Note: Even in the embodied state of the soul, we do not see that the body is the cause of its happiness. Due to delusion and under influence of the sensual-pleasures, the soul transforms itself into the deplorable state of impure knowledge, perception and energy. In its impure state, the soul assumes happiness in enjoyment of the sensual-pleasures. The body being inanimate, it can never be the substantive-cause (upādāna kārana) of the effect that is happiness. The truth is that even in its worldly state, the body is not the cause of happiness, the soul is.
Gatha 66
In fact, even in the heaven, the body is not the cause of happiness that the soul experiences. The soul transforms itself into the
state of happiness or misery when it is under the influence of the sensual-pleasures.
Explanatory Note: Existence as the heavenly being is superior to other states of worldly existence. Heavenly beings are endowed
with excellent transformable body (vaikriyika śarīra) and even that body is not the real cause of happiness. It is the nature of the
soul that, under the influence of the desirable and the undesirable objects, it assumes the state of happiness or misery. The body is not
the cause of the soul’s happiness or misery.
Taken from : Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra – Essence of the Doctrine by Vijay K. Jain