$JES 401 Jain Philosophy and Practice 2 Level 4 Book

SR No.: 000161
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee
Publication Year: 2013
Total Pages: 268
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Jaina_Education, 0_Jaina_education, & JAINA Books
File Size: 3 MB

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Vaikriya Varganä: This Pudgal Varganä is responsible for Vaikriya body, which can be converted to smaller or larger at any time. All heavenly and hellish beings possess such body. Ähäraka Varganä: This Pudgal Varganä is responsible for Ähäraka body. This body can only be possessed by spiritually advanced monks. This body is very small in size and can be used for traveling the far distance. The monks can assume this body temporarily and travel to far distance leaving Audärika body behind. After the return, they will reassume their Audärika body.
Tejas Varganä: This Pudgal Varganä is forms Tejas body which is responsible for providing heat, digestion power and other energy for internal functioning of the body and is very fine in size. Bhäshä Varganä: This Pudgal Varganä is responsible for Bhäshä or speech.
Shväsoshväs Varganä: This Pudgal Varganä is responsible for breathing • Mano Varganä: This Pudgal Varganä is responsible for conscious "Mana" (mind) for thinking in
most of the five sensed living (Sanjni) beings. • Kärman Varganä: This Pudgal Varganä is responsible for Karmic or Causal body or Karma
attached to the soul. The listing order of these eight Varganäs are as per the Pudagal sizes they possess. The Karma Varganäs are the finest (Sukshma) and Audärika Vargana is the biggest of all other Varganäs. Here it will suffice to say that Karmic body:
Has beginningless association with the soul, which is renewing itself by shedding old Karma and acquiring new ones and this association end only upon the complete liberation of the soul. Consists of the highest number or infinite Pudgals and is the finest (Sukshma) of all the other bodies
Always travels with the soul on its transmigration from one place to another and from one life to
another without any obstruction • Determines the destiny and course of life of the soul in this world and the next that is good, bad or
indifferent depending on the nature of the Karmic body. Bondage and Separation of Karma to the Soul Essentially the soul is pure consciousness and is absolutely non-contaminated and non-material. The liberated souls (Siddhas) are pure souls. Such pure souls cannot be contaminated by Karma. However, due to the beginningless contamination with matter, (Karma) the soul's pure non-material form has also become partly material and therefore it may further be contaminated. The Kärman Varganä attach to the soul because of soul's activities and passions (anger, ego, deceit, and greed). The process of attachment of Karma can be divided into two parts:
• Conversion of the Kärman Varganä into Karma attaching to the soul due to Asrava • Quality and characteristics of the attached Karma particle are explained in Bandha
In higher stages of spiritual development of the soul; when the soul is passionless, the Karma attaching to the soul in the first moment and in the second moment leaves it. Karma stay just for one Samaya (smallest unit of time), which need not constitute bondage.
The worldly (Samsäri) or contaminated (with Karma) soul is undergoing constant vibrations that are due to the maturing of the old Karma already attached to the soul. These vibrations in the soul space are called Yoga. The Yoga is of three types depending on the results of the vibration of the soul in (1) body, (2) speech or (3) mind. Vibrations resulting in activity of the body it is called Body or Käyä Yoga, if it manifests itself in activity of the speech it is called speech or Vachan Yoga and if it results in thought process it is termed Mano Yoga. It is because of these vibrations the potential Karma Pudgal (Kärman Varganäs) are attached into the soul and this is termed Influx or Asrava.
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