Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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THE JAINA GAZETTE
body etc. Yoga is a Torpor in a Pradesa or part of the soul. Veda consists in the sexual feelings of a male, a female and an eunuch. Anger, conceit, deceit and greed are the four Kashayas which are inimical to Right Conduct. Jnana is the knowledge of truths. Samyama is the spirit of restraint which arises when the conduct deluding Karma (Charitra-Moha) is stayed, annihilated or partially stayed and annihilated. Darsana consists in the apprehension of the generality of an object. The psychical tendency due to Yoga tinged with Kashaya is the Bhava-Lesya or subjective Tinge and the complexion of the Body is the Dravya-Lesya or material Tinge. The soul which is capable of attaining Salvation is Bhavya and one which is not so, is Abhavya. Samyak-Darsana is the Right Faith in the verities. The soul which is capable of taking instructions, imitating others, understanding what others say, is a Samjni Jiva. The soul which is capable of attaining Sarira and Paryapti is called Aharaka.
The nature and the classifications (rather, modifications) of the Souls, according to the principles of the Jaina philosophy are briefly described above. In the above Jaina account, many new matters will be seen which are not met with in the theories of the other schools of Indian philosophy. Some modern biological doctrines may be seen to be foreshadowed in the Jaina conception of the one-sensed animal etc. It must be admitted that there are some philosophical and scientific truths of priceless value, in the Jaina doctrine of the Soul,-notwithstanding the fact that accounts of many supernatural phenomena are ordinarily mixed up with it.
(Concluded).