Jaina Acara Siddhanta aur Svarupa

SR No.: 006747
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Devendramuni
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 322
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Jaina Acara: Siddhanta aura Swarupa
adoption of right faith. There are no less than seven varieties of matter which act as a serious hindrance to spiritual rise. So long as six of them are operative, there is little chance of the manifestation of right faith. Delusions, unless removed altogether, do not let right faith remain pure or undefiled. With the subsidence of all seven of them, there appears 'Aupasamika' (subsidence)- right faith. The appearance of 'Ksayaupasamika' (destructiuon-cum-subsidence) depends on various factors such as those on the rise dwindle and those not on the rise subside. Ksayika right faith remains always pure and indestructible. 'Upasama' stays for fortyeight minutes and then disappears 'Ksayopasamika' lasts for at the most sixty six 'Sagaropama'. There is no unanimity as to which of the right faith makes its appearance first. This is, however, not of much significance, since the difference is only in their order and not in their content. Once established in right faith, a devotee takes time to make a somersault, if at all, since some goodness still remains in him which does not let him fall into the pit of ignorance so as to lose his identity altogether. That state is called 'Sasvädana' right faith. When a devotee is at the fag end of deluding notions,it is called 'Vedaka' right faith. At times it is possible for a devotee from a lower plane to reach a higher one.
There are further divisions indicative of different aspects, as :
(1) Objective right faith and the conceptual one.
(2) Ultimate and practical right faith.
(3) Material and immaterial right faith.
(4) Natural and acquired right faith.
Deluding particles in their pure state are objective whereas faith generated (as a result of experiencing them) in the essentials is called the conceptual right faith.
The ultimate right faith means almost complete disappearance of attachment, aversion and the like. It is to enjoy spiritual bliss. It's withdrawal from things mundane. It is living forgetful of the body as it were. Practical right faith consists in perfect reliance on liberated souls, on the great vows, and on cautious self-control.
Ksayopasama faith can be called material one. Ksayika and Aupasamika are non-material because in Ksayopsamika faith one experiences space-points of Karmic matter but neither Karmic matter nor the experience of fruition of Karma is there in Ksayika and Aupasamika faiths.
Relatively speaking, there may be three more divisions of natural and acquired faith-Karaka, Rocaka and Dipaka.
I Karaka-It is a happy combination of knowledge and action. The devotee gets more interested in the right conduct. He himself observes it with a religious zeal and makes others also observe it faithfully.