Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

SR No.: 001615
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur
Publication Year: 1964
Total Pages: 686
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Canon
File Size: 12 MB

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STUDIES IN THE VBHAGAWIŤ SÜTRA
(Cb. X
"Tiviheņam paogeņam jīyāņam kammovacae payogasā."
As the four sides of a new piece of cloth when used, in due course bind dirts (matters) which get collected and accumulated into it and consequently it becomes dirty and full of bad smell, just like that the conditions of the soul get transformed into an ugly form and its purity is tarnished by the influx and accumulation of karma-matters from all sides and directions.
"Se jahāņāmæ-vatthassa-ahayassa-āņupuvvie paribhujjamāṇassa savvao poggalā vajjhamti
jāva pariņamamti.'' Classification of Aśrava
There are stated to be two kinds of general action of beings or influx of karma technically known as iryāpathikā (nonaffecting) and sāmparāyikā (affecting) kriyas. They may be classified into two kinds of asravas, viz. bhāvāśrava and karmagrava, the former signifies the channel of thought activities through which the karma-matters enter into the soul and the latter denotes their actual entrance into it.' Tryā-pathikākriya is not accompanied by passion (kaşāya), but sâmparāyikā kriya is associated with it according to the mental disposition of human beings. Bondage (Bandha)
Bondage is the penetration and assimilation of particles of karma-matters into the soul the purity of which is sullied by their veil. There are stated to be five causes of bonage, namely, mithyātva (delusion or wrong attitute of mind), avirati (absence of self-control), pramāda (spiritual inertia or inadvertence), yoga (activity)a and kasāya (passion)." Classification of Bondage
Bondage is divided into two categories, viz. dravyabandha (material bondage conditioned by the action of the soul) and bhāvabandha internal bondages conditioned by the thought activities) on the basis of karma and mental condition. Dravya
1 BhS, 6, 3, 234. ? 16, 6, 3, 233. 16, 7, 1, 262; 7,7, 289. 4 Dravya-Sangraha, SI, 29. 6 Bhs, 7,1,262; 7,7,289; 10,2,396, . 10, 3, 3, 152, 1 16, 7, 7, 289. 8 16, 18, 3, 621.