Samayasara

SR No.: 001620
Original Sutra Author: Kundkundacharya
Author: J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown
Publication Year: 1930
Total Pages: 234
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Canon, & Discourse
File Size: 15 MB

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
60. And also (there) are no soul-classes, nor spiritual stages in the soul. Because, certainly all these conditions are caused by material substance (namely, karmic and phy. sical matter).
Commentary, Classes of Soul (Jiva Samasa) are 14. They are :
Badara Ekendriya, gross-bodied, one-sensed souls; Sukshma Ekendriya, fine-bodied, one-sensed souls; Dvindriya , gross-bodied two , Trindriya ,
three ,, Chaturindriya
four , Asaini panchendriya ,, Irrational five ,,
Saini panchendriya » Rational , , , Each of these 7 is of 2 kinds -- Paryápta with developability viz the gaining within one Antar-Múhurta, by the soul of the capacity to develop fully the characteristics of the body into which it incarnates ; Aparyåpta with undevelopability: not so gaining, but dying within one Antar-Muhúrta. The spiritual stages are fourteen - wrong belief, downfall, mixed, vowless-right belief, partial vow, imperfect vow, perfect vow, new thought-activity, advanced thought-activity, slightest delusion, subsided-delusion, delusionless, vibratory omniscient, non-vibratory omniscient.
All these stages are ascribed to the soul with reference to delusion and vibratory activity. Both these are absent in a pure soul. The 14 classes also are due to the effect of body-making-Karma and so they are absent in a real soul. For a detailed description of the goul-classes, and spiritual stages, consult Gommatsára Jiya Kanda S. B. J. Vol. V.
ववहारेण दु एदे जीवस्स हवंति वण्णमादीया। गुणठाणंता भावा ण दु केई णिच्छयणयस्स ॥६१॥ व्यवहारेण त्वेते जीवस्य भवंति वर्णाद्याः । गुणस्थानांताभावाः न तु केचिन्निश्चयनयस्य ॥ ६१ ॥
61. Although from the practical standpoint these are (found) in the soul from colour up to stages of spirituality, yet from the real standpoint (there are) no (such) conditions whatever.