Introduction to Jainism and its Culture

SR No.: 001605
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Balbhadra Jain
Publisher: Kundkund Gyanpith Indore
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 334
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Culture
File Size: 21 MB

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right perception, recognition, and experience of the blissful form of my soul or the self.
MY REAL STATE
There are numerous modes (paryāyas) of soul. All these modes are never found in the same or one disposition. The factor responsible for variations in modes is called disposition (bhāva). A mode of soul can have a maximum of five kinds of disposition. These five types of disposition are - (1) Aupaśamika, (2) Kśayika, (3) Kśayopaśamika, (4) Audāyika, and (5) Pāriņāmika.
(1) Aupaśamika - this disposition comes with the suppression of karmas. When the intrinsic potency of karma remains inactive for some reason it is called upaśama or suppression. This means that the karmas are in existence but they do not come to fruition for some time. A good example is mixing alum in turbid water. This causes the dirt particles to settle down. Although the dirt is still within it, the water appears clean. In the same way when the karmas are suppressed the soul appears clean. When the karmas come to fruition due to some motive cause pervert attitudes appear in the soul. The aupaśamika disposition is also a kind of purity of soul.
(2) Kśayika - this disposition comes with the shedding or destruction (kśaya) of karmas. The ultimate purity of soul is attained when it is completely free of any association with karmas. This dissociation with karmas is achieved by shedding or destroying karmas. Something like water becoming clean and pure when all dirt or contamination is removed from it.
(3) Kśayopaśamika - this disposition comes with the destructioncum-suppression (kśayopaśama) of karmas. Here a fraction of the karmas known as all-destroying components are destroyed through fruition in context of the present time and suppressed in context of the future time. At the same time another fraction known as partially destroying components remain in fruition. It is a mixed disposition. Something like pouring water in another pot when suspended particles have settled down after mixing alum. This water is partly pure and partly impure.
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