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________________ Verse 71 deceitfulness, and greed. As a consequence of the rise of passions in the soul, physical matter gets bonded with it, transforming itself into karmic matter, which then becomes known as the karmas of various kinds. The four types of passions, mentioned above, are subdivided into four classes each according to their potency: 1. anantānubandhi – most malignant: that which leads to endless cycle of worldly existence owing to wrong faith. 2. apratyākhyāna – highly malignant: that which arrests even partial abstinence of the householder. 3. pratyākhyāna – malignant: that which enables the householder's vows to be observed but stands in the way of the more rigorous vows of the ascetic. 4. samjualana - gleaming: that which disturbs perfect conduct. It gleams along with self-restraint or even in its presence self-restraint shines. It only debars the soul from pure self-concentration. The potency of the four classes of passions has been likened to a line drawn on stone, on earth, on dust, and on water, respectively. Jain, Vijay K. (2014), “Ācārya Pūjyapāda's Iştopadeśa – The Golden Discourse”, p. 87-88. Jain, Champat Rai elucidates: Anger, pride, deceit and greed are the four principal kinds of passions (kaşāyas). They are dealt with under four different heads in the Jaina Siddhānta, according to the degree of their intensity. The intensest, called the anantānubandhī, is the worst kind and prevents the acquisition of Right Faith itself; the intenser type, known as the apratyākhyāna, obstructs Right Conduct altogether and hinders even the observance of the minor vows of the householder; the intense, designated the 119
SR No.007745
Book TitleRatnakarandaka Shravakachar
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorVijay K Jain
PublisherVikalp Printers
Publication Year2016
Total Pages291
LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_Devnagari & Book_English
File Size4 MB
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