Acharya Mahaprajna
- Man is the maker of his own joys and sorrows.
He is the maker of his own destiny.
- The king is not God, he is not an incarnation of God.
He is a man. Do not make him God, just call him an endowed man.
- Sacred texts are man's creations.
First man then texts. No text is equal to God.
- The world is a combination of permanent matter and of interactive matter.
It is not a creation of any supreme being.
- This world is a combination of six elements which are:
1.
Dharma
Motion
2.
Adharma
Rest
3.
Aakash
Cosmos
4.
Kal
Time
5.
Pudgal
Substance
6.
Jiva
Being
- Man evolves or degenerates because of his own deeds.
In this treatise Mahavira has explained the elements of
-
- being (jiva),
- non-being (ajiva),
- merit (punya),
- sin (papa),
- influx of karma(aashrav),
- inhibition of karma (samvar)
- cessation of karma (nirjara),
- bondage (bandh),
- salvation (moksha).
- Man is not a puppet in the hands of fate or karma.
Fate does not make man, man himself decides his fate. He can change his destiny through hard work.
