Jainism a Theistic Philosophy

SR No.: 006918
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Krishna A Gosavi
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith
Publication Year: 2012
Total Pages: 358
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 6 MB

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JAINISM: A THEISTIC PHILOSOPHY "GOD IN JAINISM"
10. Sūkṣma-Samparāya
Sūkṣma means subtle and samparāya means passions in general but in the present context it means a particular passion. At this stage only subtle greed can disturb the soul now and then. Soul is free from the influence of all passions. This subtle greed can be interpreted as the subconscious attachment to the body.
11. Upaśānta-Kaṣāya (Vitarāga Chadmastha)
The souls, which had started suppressing conduct deluding karmas of the form of four passions in ninth stage, enter in this stage after suppressing them completely. The subtle greed that was active in the previous stage is also suppressed in this stage and the soul is free from the rise of all types of passions. It has suppressed attachment and hence is known as free from attachment (vītarāga) at this stage. Souls who have attained this stage, invariably fall down to some lower stage on the rise of suppressed passions.
12. Kșiņamoha
This stage is the summit of the ladder of annihilation where No. 11" stage is the summit of the ladder of subsidence. At this stage of spiritual development, the soul enters into the pure trance (sukla-samādhi) or the highest meditation and totally destroys all sub-types of knowledge-deluding, intuition-deluding and obstructive (antarāya) karmas. In this stage after annihilation of all types of karmas, the soul becomes absolutely free from all the four types of obstructing (ghātiā) karmas, and as a result attains (kevala-jñāna) omniscience.
13. Sayogakevali
The term 'sayoga' means possessed of yoga. The term ‘yoga?42 in Jaina philosophy is used as a technical term. It means activity of the mind, speech and body. Even after the attainment of
4-Activities of mind, body and speech (Yoga), Tattvārtha-sūtra, VI. 1