Doctrine of Karman in Jain Philosophy

Author(s): Hiralal R Kapadia
Publisher: Vijibai Jivanlal Panalal Charity Fund Mumbai

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JAIN PHILOSOPHY
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weather.) The degrees of greed correspond to scarlet colour, to greater or smaller dirt, and to a spot of turmeric, which soil a garment : the scarlet is hardly removable, the dirt with more or less trouble, and the spot of turmeric can be removed with ease.
(B) The nokaşāyas. The 6 non-passions are : 1. hāsya, laughing, joking.
firmed prejudicial dis
liking. 2. rati, improper and con
4. śoka, sorrow. firmed prejudicial liking.
5. bhaya, fear. 3. arati, improper and con- 6. jugupsā, disgust.
All these 6 emotions are caritra-mohanīyas, because the soul which is subjected to them, is hindered through them in the practice of right conduct. The mere sensation of pain and pleasure has not this retarding effect ; that is why one must distinguish between the vedaniyas and the nokasāyas.
(v) The vedas. Also the sex-passion hinders the jīva from obeying the laws and from practising self-discipline. It is of three-fold variety, according to the three species of sexes.
1. puruşa-veda, the male sex and corresponding sex-passion.
Through this, in the man the desire for union with a female IS produced, in the same way that through the phlegm desire for something sour is awakened. It is like a strawfire; as with the burning of grass the fire blazes and soon becomes extinguished, so also man has at first an exceedingly strong desire, which disappears as soon as his lust is satisfied. strī-veda, the female sex and corresponding sex-passion. Through this, in a woman the desire for union with a man is excited, as through the bile the desire for something sweet. It is like the burning of dung ; as the dung-hill only glimmers so long as it is covered, but through violent shaking grows into a continually greater conflagration, so also the desire in the woman is weak so long as she is untouched, but grows into immensity through the enjoy
ment of intercourse. 3. napumsaka-veda, the third sex and corresponding sex
passion. To the third sex belong all those beings who have