Some later Mitmansakas maintain that all works ought to be performed as an offering to God or the Supreme Being.
Some later Mitmansakas maintain that all works ought to be performed as an offering to God or the Supreme Being.
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If works or sacrifices are done in a mechanical way, without wfeeling, Sraddha (Fait) and devotion, they cannot help one to attain salvation. One may perform any number of sacrifices; and yet, there may not 1-0: ;Irly change in the heart, if they are performed without the right spirit or right mental attitude and right will. What really Wanted is not the ceremonial sacrifice, but the sacrifice of selfishness, egoism and kaga-Dvesha (likes and dislikes).
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If works or sacrifices are done in a mechanical way, without feeling, Sraddha (Faith) and devotion; they cannot help one to attain salvation.
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== The Doctrine of Apurva ==
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The fruits or rewards of sacrifices are not dispensed by any beneficient God. Apurua bestows the reward on the sacrificer. Apurva is the link or necessary connection between work and its fruit or result. Apurva is Adrishta. It is a positive, unseen force created by an act, which leads to the attainment of the fruit of the action. This is the view of Jairnini. Others thinkers criticised severely that the unconscious or non-intelligent Apurva could not bestow the rewards. The Mimamsa system could not satisfy the thoughtful men. Hence, the later Milnamsakas slowly introduced God. They declared that if sacrifices were performed in honour of the Supreme Being, it would lead to the achievement of the Supreme C/,°°d. Apurva cannot act, unless it is moved by God or the Supreme Being. He who makes the Apurva function
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THE DOCTRINE OF APURVA The fruits or rewards of sacrifices are not dispensed by any beneficient God. Apurua bestows the reward on the sacrificer. Apurva is the link or necessary connection between work and its fruit or result. Apurva is Adrishta. It is a positive, unseen force created by an act, which leads to the attainment of the fruit of the action. This is the view of Jairnini. Others thinkers criticised severely that the unconscious or non-intelligent Apurva could not bestow the rewards. The Mimamsa system could not satisfy the thoughtful men. Hence, the later Milnamsakas slowly introduced God. They declared that if sacrifices were performed in honour of the Supreme Being, it would lead to the achievement of the Supreme C/,°°d. Apurva cannot act, unless it is moved by God or the Supreme Being. He who makes the Apurva function