ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 04

SR No.: 007719
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 567
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 15 MB

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these impure psychical states because they are foreign to its nature. Thus the transcendental self is the doer of transcendental psychical states. Besides it is also their enjoyer.
Auspicious, Inauspicious and Pure Psychical States
Again, the spiritual perspective of Anek nta expressed when it is said that auspicious and inauspicious psychical states of self continue to captive it in never-ending tensions and the pure psychical states of self engenders equanimity. Thus from the Ni caya point of view both the auspicious and inauspicious psychical states prevent the self from attaining to the loftiest spiritual heights, hence they should be equally condemned as unwholesome for the healthiest development of the self. But from the Vyavah ra point of view if the empirical finds it difficult to rise to spiritual heights, it should develop auspicious psychical states, but with the clear knowledge, that these psychical states will in no way enable the self to realize the pure states of self. The inauspicious psychical states should by all means be disapprobated. In the end we may say that to make Anek ntic reality intelligible from the metaphysical perspective, Dravy rthika and Paryay rthika Nayas are necessary and to make an axiological assessment of Anek ntic reality from the spiritual perspective, Ni caya and Vyavah ra Nayas cannot be dispensed with.
References:
[1]
ptam m ms 15, 34, 56; Muni-Anantakirti Granthamala, Bombay.
[2] Studies in Jaina Philosophy; P. 18; By Nathamal Tatia; Parsvanatha Vidyasrama, Varanasi.
[3] Pa c stik ya; 10; Srimad Rajacandra Asrama, Agasa.
[4] Pa c stik ya; Comm. Amṛtcandra; 10.
[5] Tattv rthas tra; V. 41. Under the title Sarv rthasiddhi; Bharatiya Jnana Pitha, Kasi.
[6] Pravacanas ra; V. 16; Edited by Dr. A.N. Upadhye; Srimad Rajacandra Asrama, Agasa.
[7]
ptam m ms: 72
[8] Pravacanas ra; Introduction, A.N. Upadhye; P. LXVI
[9] Sarv rthasiddhi; V. 31
[10] Ibid.
[11] Pravacanasāra; Comm. Amṛtcandra; II. 5.
[12] Kārttikeyanuprekṣā; 236; Rajacandra Asrama, Agasa.
[13] ptam m ms 34.
[14] Niyamas ra; Comm. Padmaprabha Maladh r deva; 34; Sri Kundakunda, Kahana Digambara Jaina Tirtha Suraksa Trust, Jaipur.
[15] Saptabha gitara gi P. 78; Rajacandra Asrama, Agasa.
[16] Pa c dhy y: 1, 15 Malika Granthaprakasa Karyalaya, Indore.
[17] Pa c stik ya; 8.
[18] Yukty nu sana; 43; Vira Seva Mandira, Daryaganj, Delhi.
[19] Tattv rthas tra; 1,6; Under the title Sarv rthasiddhi.
[20] Sarv rthasiddhi; 1.6
[21] Sy dv damañjar: 27; Rajacandra Asrama, Agasa.
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