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
destruction-cum-subsidence of one-sensed etc. Class karmas occurs due to the specific realisation of one-sensed etc. class of physique-making karma. Supplementary Notes
1. The following points are dealt with in this commentary:
(a)
The eighteen varieties of destruction-cum-subsidential volition have been enumerated.
(b)
The factors have been mentioned for the mixed nature of this volition. The term 'supervariform' (spardhaka) has been defined.
(c)
(d) Four types of right knowledge, three types of wrong knowledge, three types of conation and five types of supper-attainments have been enumerated along with their karmic causes.
(e) The non-inclusion of instinctiveness etc. in this type of mixed volition has been justified on the basis of their inclusion in other varieties.
2.
The destruction-cum-subsidential conduct here should be taken as that which exists in sixth and seventh spiritual stages. The restraint-cum-nonrestraint should be taken as that which occurs in the fifth stage. However, the term 'restraint' here means abstinence from harming the mobile beings and the term 'non-restraint' means non-abstinence from harm to the mobile beings (intentionally).
The first four volitions represent respective groups (having many varieties) consisting of a total of 15 volitions. The last three volitions are, however, non-group or single volitions.
4.
For the destruction-cum-subsidential volition, the soul is the material cause and the karmic states of realisation, subsidence and destruction are the instrumental causes.
3.
5. Though the term 'destruction-cum-subsidence' does not involve the term 'realisation', however this process is involved in this mixed process in terms of realisation of partially-destroying karmic species.
6.
The destruction-cum-subsidential volition occurs only due to destruction-cum-subsidence of specific species of four destroying karmasknowledge-obscuring, conation-obscuring, obstructing and deluding karmas. They must have partial and total-destroying character. Thus, (i) knowledgeobscuring karma causes destruction-cum-subsidence of 4 right knowledges and 3 wrong knowledges (ii) conation-obscuring karına causes the destruction-cumsubsidence of 3 conations (except absolute one) (iii) obstructing karma causes the destruction-cum-subsidence of five super-attainments and (iv) deluding karma causes the destruction-cum-subsidence of righteousness, conduct and restraint-cum-non-restraint. In contrast, the non-destroying karmas do not
undergo destruction-cum-subsidence.
7.
It may be contended that the words 'righteousness' and 'conduct' could have been supplied form the earlier aphorism, thus, shortening the aphorism 2.5. But it would have been contradictory to the grammatical rule that suppletion
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