Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals

SR No.: 001656
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 1999
Total Pages: 210
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Biology
File Size: 13 MB

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Biology in Jaina Treatise on Reals
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manifestation of energy caused by the necessary destruction-cum-subsidence of energy-obstructing karma. This energy in associated with the karmic body under transmigratory motion. This gives impulse for motion. 6. The linear motion of the mattergic entities is also mono-Samayic.
The five-fold world of substantivity, location, time, volition and birth is beginningless with respect to the karmic succession and it has a beginning with respect to the tendency of karmic accumulation. The conscious soul is always intaking karmas due to wrong faith etc. This means that the soul is intaker even during his transmigratory motion. The following aphorism refutes this by indicating a rule about it:
Ekam-dvau-trīn-vā Anāhārakah 2.30 The soul remains non-intaker in the first, second or third Samaya.
The word 'Samaya' is supplied here from 2.29 due to its proximity. Thus, one, two and three should be taken as Samayas.
It is contended that the word 'Samaya' is compounded and, hence, it is subsidiary there in 2.29. How could it be supplied here? A. This could be supplied here on the basis of strength of the case in the absence of any other possibility. 2. The word 'Vā' (or) indicates meaning of alternative. The alternation means to permit as intended in terms of one, two or three Samayas. 3. It is contended that there should be locative (seventh) case here in 2.30 as the Samayas or time is the substratum for the action of intakes. A. There is exception to this rule. The second or objective) case is permitted in case of total relationships. 4. The word 'intake' (Ahāra) means to take in the mattergic entities suitable for the formation of three bodies and six types of completions. The luminous (caloric) and karmic bodies are always intaken and accumulated until there is worldly life (or liberation). Hence, intake only refers to the mattergy suitable for the remaining three bodies and six completions. The three bodies are - the gross, transformable and ejectable ones. 5. There is no possibility of ejectable body during the transmigratory motion as it manifests only in the accomplished ascetics in the sixth spiritual stage. 6. All the remaining types of 'intakes' (like morsel, diffusional or others) are not there because they require time which will obstruct the transmigratory motion. We observe that a hot iron-arrow takes in water produced from clouds in rainy season during its motion towards its objective. Similarly, the living being, while in this type of motion, also takes in the karmic and quasi-karmic entities on account of the heat of agony of leaving the earlier body due to its association with finely transformed and accumulated material karmic body made up of eight kinds of karmic mattergies. Thus, he becomes intaker.
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