Religion and Philosophy of the Jainas

SR No.: 001190
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Virchand R Gandhi
Publisher: Jain International Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 266
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Ethics, & Principle
File Size: 13 MB

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178 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE JAINAS
34. He should be partial for virtues; he should have all his energy directed for them.
35. With regard to opinions, beliefs, philosophies, religion, etc., he should be critical, and reconcile all the questions and solve all the doubts that arise out of this critical attitude.
That is the end of the rules which, when practised, lead towards the reaching of the state of samyaktva, but the state is not actually reached until the three processes which were „mentioned have been passed through. The result attained after passing through these processes is the aupaśamika samyaktva, or that state of samyaktva which is the result of the control of the three darśana mohaniya karmas and the four anantānubandhis.
The nature of the control here spoken of is such that these particular mohaniya karmas do not rise or become active. The man whose anantānubandhi anger is controlled does not get angry in that intense degree.
with FOURTH STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT
(Avirati-samyak-drsti-guṇasthāna) Meaning of the Sanskrit name given to 4th Stage
Drsti means attitude. It is a noun. Samyak is an adjective and means right or proper. Avirati means no control (here it means lack of control except of the anantānubandhis. No control of the sense pleasures and other karmas than the anantānubandhis of the mohaniya division). Guņa means quality, and sthāna means stage. Characteristics of the Fourth Stage
All persons in this fourth gunasthāna have control of the darśanā and anantānubandhi mohanīya karmas (or kasāyas). Besides this factor, there is the other factor of samyaktva. So the characteristics of this fourth stage are:
(a) Lack of control (of sense pleasures etc.) (b) Right attitude. Kaşāya means that which soils. The lack of control here is also lack of control of the sense