Reals on the Jaina Metaphysics

SR No.: 001619
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Harisatya Bhattacharya
Publisher: Shatnidas Khetsy Charitable Trust Mumbai
Publication Year: 1966
Total Pages: 430
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Religion, & Epistemology
File Size: 8 MB

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Reals in the Jaina Metaphysics state of Bondage) in the Saṁsāra or the series of existences; is free (in its essence); and has an upward motion".
2. Dravya-Saṁgraha The Jiva's of such a nature are infinite in number and are divided by the Jaina philosophers in the following way: - “With reference to its common essence, the Jiya is of one kind. It is of two kinds in as much as it may be in Bondage or Emancipated. The Jiva may be Imperfect or NearlyPerfect or Perfect and thus be of three modes. With respect to its state of existence, the Jiva may be divided into four classes viz: Celestial Beings, Infernal Beings, Human Beings and Sub-human Beings. In consideration of its five-fold conditions viz:--Mitigation, Annihilation, Partial Annihilation and Partial Mitigation, Modification and Genesis or Rising, the Jiva is of five kinds. The six modes of cognition divide the Jīva into six classes. The seven ways of Predication make seven classes of the Jīva. In consideration of the eight essential attributes of the soul or of the eight modes of the Karma, the Jiva may be divided into eight classes. Nine categories make the Jīva nine. Ten kinds of life divide the Jiva into ten cla
234-237. Tattvārtha-sāra To understand the true nature of the Soul, a clear conception of these divisions and of many allied things is necessary.
THE SOUL OF ONE KIND A. THE FACULTIES OF THE Soul
COGNITIVE PROCESS
If we confine our attention to the common essence of all the souls, we may maintain that all of them are but of one and the same kind. This common essence is 'Upayoga' or Consciousness. Every soul is possessed of consciousness. Upayoga is of two sorts viz:-Darśana and Jñāna'. Darśana is the consciousness of the abstract Being of an object without the consciousness of any of its details. Jñāna is the cognition of an object with its details. Jñāna or cognition is divided