Samayasara

SR No.: 006530
Original Sutra Author: Kundkundacharya
Author: Jethalal S Zaveri
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 336
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Agam, & Canon
File Size: 15 MB

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Samuyasāra
Chapter - 3 Similarly cotton, silk and the like are transmuted into a fabric. Potter or weaver and their instruments, wheel, loom etc. are, on the other hand, external agents for the production of pot or fabric. If, therefore, the soul was the substantive cause (upādāna kārana) for the production of any such thing, he would be transmuted into the object supposed to be produced by him. But, since, he is not transmuted, he cannot be regarded as the substantive cause.
In the worldly state, the soul is engaged in various activities which are of two types : (a) yoga-action and (b) upayogaknowledge. Yoga is threefold :
(i) Mental activity - thought, conception (ii) Vocal activity - speech (iii) Bodily activity – walking, running, fighting. Upyoga is twofold: (i) Knowledge-apprehension of an object with its contents
and
(ii) Intuition-apprehension of a thing without its contents. Knowledge includes intellect, competence and technique.
For the production of a pot or fabric or any other article, the activity of the potter (or weaver), his instruments and his technique are essential as external cause (nimitta kārana). These external agents' activity (yoga) and technique (upyoga) are determined by the soul and thus in causal chain the soul is only the determinant of the external agents for the production of pot and the like.
In the above verses and the succeeding verses the author continues the discussion on empirical aspect of causal relation of the soul.
Distinction between “Awareness” and “Action"
जे पोग्गलदव्वाणं परिणामा होति णाणआवरणा। ण करेदि ताणि आदा जो जाणदि सो हवदि णाणी॥ ३३॥ je pogguladavvūnam pariņāmā homti ņāņaāvaruņā.
na karedi tāņi ādā jo jānadi so havadi ņāņi..33 ___ जं भावं सुहमसुहं करेदि आदा स तस्स खलु कत्ता।