Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy

SR No.: 001663
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J C Sikdar
Publisher: P V Research Institute Varanasi
Publication Year: 1987
Total Pages: 412
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, & Physics
File Size: 23 MB

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The Concept of Matter in Jaina Philosophy
In the Yoga philosophy Samskara is called Vāsanā (desire), karma (action), and apurva (energy) also. Moreover, in this view the cause-effect relation of klesa and karma has been accepted as beginningless1 like the seed and the sprout as much equal to Bhavakarma and Dravyakarma of Jaina metaphysics.
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In regard to the doctrine of Karma the difference between the Jaina and Yoga views is this that according to the latter, the relation of all these, klešas (afflictions), kliṣṭavṛtti (afflicted activity) and Samskara (force) is not with Soul, but rather with citta (mind) or antaḥkaraṇa (internal sense-organ) and this antaḥkarana is the modification of Prakṛti. According to the Jaina view, there is the relation of the material karmic body with Soul due to the dispositions-moha (delusion), raga (attachment) and dveṣa (aversion), since a beginningless time there exists a relation of cause-effect (karya-kāraṇa) between bhavas (dispositions) and the karmaṇaśarīra (karmic body) like the seed and the sprout. In the origination of one, the other exists as cause; nevertheless, both of them are in association with Soul from a beginningless time. It is impossible to determine which is the first between them.
Similarly, in the Saṁkhya view, the subtle body (lingasarfra) is in association with Purușa (self) from the beginningless time. The subtle body (lingaśarīta) originates from the dispositions (bhāva) like rāga (attachment), dveṣa (aversion) and moha (delusion) and there is also a cause-effect relation between the dispositions and the subtle body like the seed and the sprout. Just as the Jainas accept the gross body as 1. Vṛttayaḥ pañcayaḥ klistākliṣṭāḥ-Yoga, 1, 5; Yogabhāṣya, 1. 5; Ibid., 2. 3.
Tatra punyapuṇyakarmāśayaḥ kāmalobhamohakrodhaprasvaḥ "etc., Ibid., 2. 12. Satsu kleśeşu karmāśayo vipākārambhi bhavati, nocchinnakleśamūlaḥ /", Ibid., 2. 13. etc.
See also their TattvavaiśāradĪ, Bhasvati, etc., commentaries.
2. Matharavṛtti, 52; Tattvakaumudi vyakhyā, 52.
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