08-28-2022, 03:38 PM
Gatha 67
If the vision-faculty of the man were to have the power to remove darkness, the lamp would have no role to play. Similarly, when the soul itself is of the nature of happiness, the sensual pleasures have no role to play.
Explanatory Note: The vision of certain beings – the lion, the snake, the rāksasa, the thief – accustomed to roaming at night, see objects clearly in the dark; the lamp has no role in their pursuits. Similarly, happiness is the innate nature of the soul; external objects of sensual-pleasure do not have any role in bringing happiness to the soul. The ignorant mistakes the sensual pleasures for happiness; his wrong notion is due to confusion, delusion, and tendency for dalliance with sense-objects. It is clear that as the body is not the cause of happiness, the sensual pleasures too are not the cause of happiness.
Gatha 68
In the sky, the sun, on its own without external causes, is of the nature of brightness and heat, and a deity; similarly, in this world, the pure-soul (the Siddha), on its own, is of the nature of knowledge and happiness, and worthy of adoration.
Explanatory Note: The sun has, by its very nature, without external aid, brightness and heat, and, due to fruition of its namekarma, is a deity. Similarly, the pure-soul has, by its very nature, without external aid, infinite knowledge that illumines the self as well as the others, happiness characterized by fulfilment, tranquility and permanence, and form engraved as the Most Worshipful Siddha in the minds of the worthy souls of right believers (samyagdrsti). The soul, intrinsically, has attributes of knowledge, happiness and worshipfulness. The sense-objects that the world portrays as sources of happiness do not provide happiness to the soul; the soul, by its own nature, is happiness.
This completes discussion on the sense-independent happiness.
Taken from : Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra – Essence of the Doctrine by Vijay K. Jain
If the vision-faculty of the man were to have the power to remove darkness, the lamp would have no role to play. Similarly, when the soul itself is of the nature of happiness, the sensual pleasures have no role to play.
Explanatory Note: The vision of certain beings – the lion, the snake, the rāksasa, the thief – accustomed to roaming at night, see objects clearly in the dark; the lamp has no role in their pursuits. Similarly, happiness is the innate nature of the soul; external objects of sensual-pleasure do not have any role in bringing happiness to the soul. The ignorant mistakes the sensual pleasures for happiness; his wrong notion is due to confusion, delusion, and tendency for dalliance with sense-objects. It is clear that as the body is not the cause of happiness, the sensual pleasures too are not the cause of happiness.
Gatha 68
In the sky, the sun, on its own without external causes, is of the nature of brightness and heat, and a deity; similarly, in this world, the pure-soul (the Siddha), on its own, is of the nature of knowledge and happiness, and worthy of adoration.
Explanatory Note: The sun has, by its very nature, without external aid, brightness and heat, and, due to fruition of its namekarma, is a deity. Similarly, the pure-soul has, by its very nature, without external aid, infinite knowledge that illumines the self as well as the others, happiness characterized by fulfilment, tranquility and permanence, and form engraved as the Most Worshipful Siddha in the minds of the worthy souls of right believers (samyagdrsti). The soul, intrinsically, has attributes of knowledge, happiness and worshipfulness. The sense-objects that the world portrays as sources of happiness do not provide happiness to the soul; the soul, by its own nature, is happiness.
This completes discussion on the sense-independent happiness.
Taken from : Ācārya Kundakunda’s Pravacanasāra – Essence of the Doctrine by Vijay K. Jain