Ahimsa and Jainism

Author(s): Vijayvallabhsuri
Publisher: Vallabhsuri Smarak Nidhi

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whole sansaric make-up of an embodied being: It is entirely divested of the sacrifice idea. Karmas which keep the individual in a backward condition are known as papa; those which help him in advancement are Punya. The Jain philosophy gives a detailed enumeration of Karmas, and explains, how they are attracted (Ashrava). how they are assimilated with the individual ( Bandha), how their inflow can be stopped (Samvara), how they cari be entirely worked (Nirjara), and what the ultimate state of a perfected individual is (Moksha), This particular branch of philosophy, therefore, includes topics like sensations, preceptions, consciousness, pains and pleasures, moralities of life, moral depravities, building of the bodies and all factors of the individuality. No other philosophical system in India has gone into so many details of life building as Jainism has done. Like other systems, Jainism teaches the doctrine of re-birth, the nature of which depends on the nature of the karmas that are just ripe to manifest themselves soon after death.
The ideal of the Jain philosophy is the physical, mental, moral and spiritual perfection and ( after death of rebirths if necessary) attainment of perfect spiritual individuality, which does not disappear, is not dissolved, is not merged into a
supreme being, is not a state of unconsciousness,