Agam 05 Ang 05 Bhagvati Vyakhya Prajnapti Sutra

SR No.: 001628
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jozef Deleu
Publisher: DE Tempel Brugge
Publication Year: 1970
Total Pages: 372
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_bhagwati
File Size: 19 MB

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XXX. SAMOSARANA-SAYA.
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1 (942a) On the question whether souls and beings differentiated as in XXVI adhere to the creed (s a mosarana) of I) those that accept voluntary action (kiriyā-vādi), II) those that deny voluntary action (akiriya-vādi), III) the agnostics (annaniya-vādi) or IV) the moralists (veṇaiya-vādi).
2 (943a) The future stage of existence (neraiy'āuyam karei) of the same souls and (945a) beings.
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3 (946a) Capability of salvation of the same souls and beings.
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samosarana (: mata, Abhay.) 'creed' rather than 'heretical creed' or 'heresy' (thus JACOBI, Suy. 1, 12; also cf. ibid. 2, 2, 79; Dasa 6 and Utt. XVIII 23); the Jainas in fact may, in a way, be regarded as kiriyā-vādis, see Lehre par. 83 and JAIN, Life p. 211 seqq. Abhay. quotes different opinions on the meaning of the four terms. The kriyā-vādins (1) pretend that action, being impossible without an actor, is connected with the soul (kriya atma-samavāyini), or (2) that only action counts (kriya pradhanam, kim jñānena?), or (3) they maintain the real existence of the soul (jiva, atman) and of all other categories (padârtha); there are 180 different schools, cf. JACOBI on Suy. 2, 2, 79 and JAIN o.c., p. 212, n. 127. The akriya-vādins (1) deny action because of the instability of things or (2) because of the momentary existence of the samskāras (one śloka quoted; on this kṣaṇika-vāda cf. JACOBI on Utt. XVIII 23), or (3) they, viz the Buddhists, pretend that only purity of heart scil. intention (citta-suddhi) counts, not action, or (4) in their opinion the categories have no real existence; 84 schools, cf. JAIN l.c., n. 130. The ajñānikas (1) despise all knowledge pretending it is nonknowledge, or (2) they consider non-knowledge to be salutary since it causes freedom from karmic bounds, or (3) they pretend that nobody can have knowledge about some object because the means of cognition never cover the total range of the object (tatha na jñānam kasyâpi kvacid api vastuny asti pramāṇānām asampūrṇa-vastu-viṣayatvāt); 67 schools, cf. JAIN 1.c., n. 132. The vainayikas, finally, say that a heavenly rebirth etc. is the reward of good conduct (vinaya); 32 schools, cf. JAIN 1.c., n. 136.
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