Jinamanjari 1998 04 No 17

SR No.: 524017
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication
Publication Year: 1998
Total Pages: 96
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, Canada_Jinamanjari, & Canada
File Size: 6 MB

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work.?? Amrtacandra's commentary on the work is full of religious fervor and the verses composed in the commentary are replete with spiritual appeal. 34
2. Pravacanasāra
3. Pañcāstikāyasára is the Sanskritization name of the Prākrit Pamcatthiya-sagaha. It is one of the important works dealing with Jaina Metaphysics, or Ontology and Ethics. In other words, it is the exposition of the Path leading to liberation. Commentator Jayasena has noted some various readings and also has given some additional gāthās that are not found in Amsatacandra's text."
Kundakunda in the work mainly deals with the central idea of Jaina system which revolves around soul which by its own activity is able to make or mar its own destiny. This metaphysical theory of Karma caused by the soul unravels several facts of psychological importance."
Some verses may be cited from text for what it makes of:
Ātma with the manifestation of guna and paryāya - attributes and modes - loses its existing nature and assumes a new state of existence according to the paryāyārthika naya (samsāra). - V.21
Soul has the attributes of life, consciousness and upayoga (knowledge and perception) and is potent, performs actions and is affected by their results, is conditioned by his own body, is incorporeal and is ordinarily found with Karma. V.27.
Soul which is free from the defects of karma gets to the highest point of universe, knows all and perceives all, and obtains the transcendental bliss everlasting. V.28.
This everlasting heavenly bliss is secured by the soul; by his own efforts without extraneous help (other than the path shown). V.29.
The soul is of the same dimension as its own body which is acquired through karmas. Just as the lotus-hued ruby when placed in a cup of milk imparts its luster to the milk, so soul residing in its own body imports luster or intelligence to the whole body. V.33.
This nature of coextensiveness with the body is true in its present as well as its past and future states. V.34.
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