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 Conception of Matter in Jaina Philosophy
being, etc. In the Samkhya view also the lingaśarira being Soul-supported (purusādhisthita), makes bhūtasarga (material evolution or creation), such as, man, god, lower animals,
etc. 1
THE BUDDHIST VIEW ON THE NATURE
OF KARMA As in Jaina metaphysics, so in the Buddhist philosophy also it has been accepted that the multifariousness of beings is caused by Karma (action). Like the Jainas the Buddhists also admit lobha (rāga=greed-attachment), dvesa (aversion) and moha (delusion) as the cause of the production of Karma. The being, having been associated with attachment, aversion and delusion, makes mental, vocal and bodily activities and generates attachment, hatred and delusion respectively. Thus the wheel of the world is moving on, there is no beginning time of this wheel; it is beginningless. 4 In reply to the question of King Milinda on the location of the existence of Karma (action) Ācārya Nāgasena has explained that it cannot be shown where does Karma exist.5 In the Visuddhimagga Karma has been called arūpi (non-corporeal),6 but in the Abhidharmakośa as Avijñapti, i. e. Karma has been described as rūpa (Matter),? and this rūpa (Matter) is apratigha (non1. Mātharakārikā, 40, 44, 53. 2. Bhāsitas petam Mahārāja ! Bhagavatā kammassakā
māṇava, sattā, kammadāyādā, kammayoni kammabandhū, kammapatisaraṇā, kammaṁ satte vibhajati, yadidam hinapaņstatāyāti, Milindapañho—, 3. 2;
Karmajam lokavaicitrya--Abh. K., 4. 1. 3. Anguttaranikāya, Tikanipāta Sūtra, 33. 1, Bhāga, 1, p. 134. 4. Sanyuttanikaya, 15. 5, 6 (Bhaga 2, pp. 181-2) 5. Na sakkā Mahārāja ! tāni kammāņi dessetuin idha vā idha
iva tāni kammāņi titthantiti--Milindapañho, 3, 15, p. 75. 6. Ninth Oriental Conference, p. 620 7. Abhidharmakośa, K., 1. 11.