Concept of Pancasila in Indian Thaought

SR No.: 001666
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamla Jain
Publisher: P V Research Institute Varanasi
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 290
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Principle
File Size: 16 MB

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Sila and its Allied Problems
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caused by karman; it always means stoppage (samvara) of the flow of karma as well as consumption (kşaya) or nirjarā of already accumulated karman. Karman in Jainism are of two kinds---dravya karma and bhāva karma. The dravya-karma is composed of the particles of matter, while the bhāvakarma (spiritual impure modifications) is absorbed in the soul substance. Liberation for the Jainas is the stoppage or consumption of karmic particles, which may also be understood as a negative state. But this is only a partial interpretation; the state of the liberated one in Jainism has been quite positively described. The liberated soul has an independent individual existence;he is possessed of four infinites, viz.(i) ananta jãāna(infinite knowledge), (ii) ananta darsana (infinite perception), (iii) ananta sukha(infinite happiness), (iv) ananta virya (infinite power). In the emancipated stage the changes. that a soul goes through are homogeneous. This is called svarūpa-ramaņa that means the soul wanders within its own qualities. However, the approach to this positive stage, in the sense of stoppage and consumption of karmic particles, may be termed as negative,
The essence of the Buddhist concept of deliverance, like most systems of Indian Philosophy, is the same as the removal of suffering. 'Nibbāna' means extinction of ignorance or desire. "To the Pāli etymologist the main stress is to root vs (to cover) and not to vā (to blow). Therefore, Nibbāna means extinguishing (of fire) by other means of extinction than by blowing, i. e. going out of fire or lamp."] Buddhism also proposes that all existence is misery;2 we cannot free ourselves from misery so long as existence is there, and the root of misery lies in desire or 'tanhā'. “Logically the highest knowledge for the Buddhist is nothing but the keenest, most pene. trating recognition of this sorrow and highest bliss nothing
1. Pali English Dictionary-Davids & Stede, p. 198. 2. Hot Hertt greT.... -Dhammapada, Maggavagga, 6.