Divinity In Jainism

Author(s): Harisatya Bhattacharya
Publisher: Devendra Printing and Publishing Co Ltd

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Freed from Karma,-the Soul is Emancipated, Omniscient and Divine. Karma, however, is of two sorts, according to the Jaina thinkers. Ghātryā or Aghātryă. The former injures the natural attributes of the Soul, and is of four kinds,-knowledge-obscuring (Jnānāvaranżya), sensation-obscuring (Darśanavaraniya), Deluding (Mohanzya) and Obstructive (Antarāya). The first obscures the pure cognitive power of the Soul; the second stifles the power of sensation, the third does away with the purity, and right faith of the Soul, and the fourth obstructs its natural powers of energising and enjoying The Aghātıya karma, again, is of four modes, viz --Age (Āyus), Name (Nama), Lineage (Götra) and Feeling (Vēdaniya). The first determines the time for which the Soul is to exist in the world; the second clothes the Soul with various bodies and limbs in accordance with its acts and inclinations, the third determines the birth of the Soul in a high or low family, and the fourth destroys the equanimity of the Soul and gives him pleasure or pain. The thinkers of the Jaina school maintain that when the Soul advances in the way to Salvation and through penances etc. succeeds in eradicating all the four modes of the Ghāti-Karma, he attains Omniscience.