Soul Substance Jiva Dravya As Expounded In Dravya Sangraha

SR No.: 269765
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vijay K Jain
Total Pages: 26
Language: English
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branches, the one with yellow leśyā to take the twigs, the one with pink leśyā to pluck the fruits, and the one with white leśyā would be content to take whatever fruits have fallen on the ground. 11. bhavyatva-mārgaņā - capacity for salvation: A soul can be termed bhavya or abhavya, according to its capacity or incapacity for salvation, respectively. 12. samyaktva-mārgaņā - right belief: Right belief arising from subsidence (upsama), destruction (kşaya), and destruction-cum-subsidence (ksāyopaśāma) of karmas, are the forms of samyaktva. Classification is also done on the basis of the three kinds of faith-deluding karmas: slightly clouding right belief (samyaktva), wrong belief (mithyātva), and mixed right and wrong belief (samyakmithyātva). 13. samjñitva-mărgaņā - mind: The two kinds of transmigrating souls are those with or without mind. 14. āhāra-margaņā - assimilation of matter: Ahāra is taking in of matter fit for the three kinds of bodies and the six kinds of completion. The three kinds of bodies are: a) gross, physical body, b) the transformable body of celestial and infernal beings, and c) projectable body emanating from a saint. Six kinds of completion depend on the name-karma of completion (paryāpta or aparyāpta). The soul may thus be āhāraka or anāhāraka.
Gunasthāna - fourteen stages of spiritual development:
1. mithyādrsti – deluded 2. sāsādanasamyagdrsti - downfall 3. samyagmithyādựsti – mixed right and wrong belief 4. asamyatasamyagdrsti – vowless right belief 5. samyatāsamyata - partial vows 6. pramattasamyata - imperfect vows 7. apramattasamyata - perfect vows 8. apūrvakarana - new thought-activity 9. anivrttibādara-sāmparāya - advanced thought-activity 10. sūkşmasāmparāya - slightest delusion 11. upaśānta-kasaya-subsided delusion 12. ksīņa-kaṣāya - destroyed delusion 13. sayogakevali - Omniscient with vibration 14. ayogakevalī - non-vibratory Omniscient
Souls released from the cycle of wandering are the emancipated souls-Siddha.
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