Ācārya Kundakunda’s Samayasāra – with Hindi and English Translation आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित समयसार: Thoroughly Revised Second Edition आद्योपांत संशोधित द्वितीय संस्करण

By Jain, Vijay, K.

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Title:	Ācārya Kundakunda’s Samayasāra – with Hindi and English Translation आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित समयसार: Thoroughly Revised Second Edition आद्योपांत संशोधित द्वितीय संस्करण
Author:	Jain, Vijay, K.
Volume:
Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Religion, Jainism
Collections:	Authors Community, Religion
Historic Publication Date:	2022
Publisher:	Vijay Kumar Jain

Member Page:	Vijay K. Jain
Citation APA MLA Chicago K. Jai, B. V. (2022). Ācārya Kundakunda’s Samayasāra – with Hindi and English Translation आचार्य कुन्दकुन्द विरचित समयसार. Retrieved from http://www.gutenberg.cc/

Description
Ācārya Kundakunda’s (circa 1st century BCE) ‘Samayasāra’ is among the most profound and sacred expositions in the Jaina religious tradition; it is perhaps the finest spiritual texts that we are able to lay our hands on in the present era. The original text is in Prakrit language and contains a total of 415 verses (gāthā). ‘Samayasāra’ is the exposition of the Pure (śuddha) ‘Self’ or ‘Soul’. It is the exposition, from the transcendental point-of-view (niścaya naya), of the ‘Real Self’ or it is the ‘Essence of the Soul’. The assertions that the soul (jīva) gets bound to the karmic matter (dravya-karma) or that it does not get bound to the karmic matter are made from different points-of-view (naya). But that which transcends all points-of-view is the ultimate truth, the ‘samayasāra’, absolute and pure soul-substance.

Summary
The most profound and sacred exposition in the Jaina religious tradition.

Excerpt
The point-of-view (naya) which sees the soul (ātmā) as 1) free from bondage, 2) untouched by others, 3) distinct, 4) steady, 5) inseparable from its attributes of knowledge, faith, etc., and 6) free from union with any other substance, is the pure (śuddha) point-of-view (naya).

Table of Contents
The Soul The Soul and the Non-Soul The Doer and the Karma Merit and Demerit Influx of Karmas Stoppage of Karmas Shedding of Karmas Bondage of Karmas The Liberation The All-pure Knowledge