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GLOSSARY OF TERMS : Xv
Guptis are three' - 1. Mano Gupti or to refrain from impious thoughts, 2. Vacana Gupti or to refrain from improper speech and 3. Kāya Gupti or to refrain from
sinful activities of the body. Indriyagrama (Subjects of sensory organs) – the desire to indulge
in the pleasures to be enjoyed through five sensory organs of touch (body), taste (toungue), sight (eyes), hearing (ears)
and smell (nose). Karma - Whatever an embodied soul does under the influence of
false-belief (Mithyātva), unrestrained conduct (Avirati), negligence (Pramāda), passions (Kasāya) and body, mind and speech (Yoga) and consequent binding of the soul with the karmic matter is karma. Karma is of eight categories? - 1. Jñānāvaranīya (Knowledge obscuring), 2. Darśanavaranīya (Right-belief obscuring), 3. Vedanīya (Pleasant and unpleasant feelings producing), 4. Mohanīya (Vision deluding), 5. Ayu (Life-span determining), 6. Nāma (Personality determining) 7. Gotra (Status determining),
and 4. Antarāya (Weal obstructing) karma. Kasāya (Passions) - what sully the otherwise clean and pure soul
with the karma-mire are Kasāyas or passions. In other words it is Kasāyas that are responsible for the recurrent cycle of births and death for the soul. The passions are
A. Uttarādhyayana, 24/1, 2. B. Samavāyānga, 3/15. C. Śrī Jaina Siddhānta Bol Sangraha, Pt. 1, p. 16. D. Jainendra Siddhānta Kośa, Pt. 2, p. 248. A. Ibid, 2/4/424. B. Prajnapana, 23/1. C. Sri Jaina Siddhānta Bol Sangraha, Pt. 3, p. 395.
Abhidhāna Rajendra Kośa, Pt. 3, p. 395. Jain Education International
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