Source Book in Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001263
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Devendramuni
Publisher: Tarak Guru Jain Granthalay
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 590
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Philosophy
File Size: 10 MB

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A SOURCE-BOOK IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
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Ācārya Nemicandra has pointed out that matter is responsible for the production of the body. Audārika śarīra is due to audārika varganäs (clusters of paramānus). Vaikriya sarira is formed by vaikriya vargaņās. Similarly āhāraka sarira is formed by ahāraka vargaņās. We can describe the śvāsochhvāsa (breathing) based on āhāraka vargaņās in the same way. Taijasa body is formed due taijasa var ganās. The same can be said about bhāsā and manas, and they are formed by the respective varguņās (fine particles of matter).
It is not necessary to give a detailed description about the āhāra, indriya, śvāsochlväsa and bhāşā. Jaina philosophers have made distinctions of sariras in the audārika, vaikriya, ahāraka, taijasa and kārmana into five types. We can experience the audārika śarira through the indriyas. The other forms of body cannot be seen through the sense-organs. They gradually become finer and finer.? Taijasa and kārmaņa bodies do not interact with other bodies. They can move in lokāsāśa according to their capacities. They do not suffer from any external bonds. These two forms of bodies are associated with saṁsārī jīvas from beginningless times. They are with every jiva. Every jīva can have at the most four bodies at a time. But all the five bodies cannot co-exist because the vaikriya and the āhāraka functions do not simultaneously express themselves. The vaikriya funcıion is generally possible in the pramatta daśā (in the uncontrolled state), but such is not the case of ahāraka function. Formation of āhāraka body is possible in the pramatta daśā. But when the āhāraka body is formed during the pure state of mind, apramati a avası hā is inevitable. Therefore, vaikriya and āhāraka functions do not take place simultaneously.
The mental functions are not possible without the material basis. While we think, thoughts emanate from the mind through the
1. Gommațasāra jīvakāņda 606-608. 2. Tattvārthasūtra 2, 38. 3. Ibid 2, 41-44. 4. Tatīvārthabhāşya vytti 2, 44.