Book Title: Account of Jainism
Author(s): Unknown
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

Previous | Next

Page 42
________________ An Account of On the next step, the passions become very weak and so it is called the Sookshma - Samparaya. . On the eleventh, the passions are passified. But from here a descent to the sixth step is possible. The first three classes of Karmas have to be totally destroyed in order to reach the twelvth step. The first two parts of pure contemplation are present here. Any explanation of the Jain Yoga would carry us beyond the scope of the lecture and so the point has to be rather dropped in obscurity here. This concentrated contemplation carries the soul up to the thirteenth Step, where eternal wisdom, illimitable insight, everlasting happiness and unbounded prowess bless the soul. When this absolute knowledge is acquired, Kuber and other heavenly beings raise the Samavasarana where the twleve conferences meet to hear eternal wisdom from the Keralin. After prayers are offered, the Keralin goes ab Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only For per www.jainelibrary.org

Loading...

Page Navigation
1 ... 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142