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shapes of organic bodies are nothing but the different manifestations of matter in the organic world Hence these physical forms which are of material origin cannot be attributed to the soul
Samhanana, the assemblage of bones of the skeletal structure This refers to six types of bony joints which pertain to vertibrate animals It is obvious that these varieties of bone-joints cannot be applicable to jiva which is asarıra by nature, a bodiless spiritual entity
Rāga, the pleasant feeling of desire, and dvesha the unpleasant experience of aversion, all these being products of karmic matter cannot be attributed to the soul
Moha or delusion, which clouds the knowing faculty and prevents its apprehension of reality, is also an effect of karmic matter and hence cannot be attributed to the soul
The different kinds of pratyaya or karmic condition such as mithyātva false faith, avıratı, absence of moral discipline, kashaya soul-soiling gross emotions, and yoga, activity of thought, speech and body, all being effects of matter either direct or indirect have no relation to the soul
Karmas are of eight different kinds, such as ynānā-varaniya, darsanā-vai aniya, etc These are also mainly material in nature Hence these karmas cannot be spoken of as belonging to the soul Non-karma refers to the various physical molecules that build up the three types of giosser bodies of fully developed biological species Since these body-building molecules are material they have nothing to do with jiva or Soul
Varga refers to the bundle of potencies incorporated in a single indivisible atom which forms the basis of karmic matter
Vargana refers to the type of karmic molecules constituted. by a number of vargas or karmic atoms
Spardhaka refers to aggregates of varganas or karmu. molecules
All these three refer to the development of karmic matter from the subtle type to the grosser type These types of karmic matter cannot be predicated of jiva
Adyatmasthāna On account of the ignorance of its true nature, the ego may identify itself with the various objects and persons of
| SR No. | 011119 |
| Book Title | Samayasara OR Nature of Self |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | A Chakravarti |
| Publisher | Bharatiya Gyanpith |
| Publication Year | 1950 |
| Total Pages | 406 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 38 MB |