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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5 Classes of Beings.
5. ekendriya-jäti-n-k causes birth as a being with 1 sense, 6. dvīndriya-jāti-n-k causes birth as a being with 2 senses, 7. trindriya-jāti-n-k causes birth as a being with 3 senses, 8. caturindriya-jāti-n-k causes birth as a being with 4 senses,
9. pañcendriya-jāti-n-k causes birth as a being with 5 senses. 5 Bodies. 10. audārika-śarīra-n-k gives the gross physical body peculiar
to animals and men. vaikriya-śarīra-n-k gives the transformation body which consists of fine matter, a body that changes in form and dimension. This body exists by nature in gods, infernal beings and certain animals; men can attain it through
higher perfection. 12. āhāraka-śarīra-n-k gives the translocation body. This body
consists of good and pure substance and is without active and passive resistance. It is created for a short time by an apramatta-samyata---ascetic, in order to seek for information concerning intricate dogmatic questions from an arhat who is in another part of the world, whilst his own
physical body remains in its original place. 13. taijasa-sarīra-n-k gives the fiery body. This body consists
of fire-pud galas and serves for the digestion of swallowed food. It can also be used by ascetics to burn other beings or things. kārmana-śarīra-n-k gives the karman-body. This body is the receptacle for karman-matter. It changes every moment, because new karman is continually assimilated by the soul and the already existing one is consumed. Accompanied by it, the jīva at death leaves his other bodies and betakes himself to the place of his new birth, where the karmanbody then forms the basis of the newly produced other
bodies. Of these 5 bodies each succeeding one is finer than the one preceding it, but contains more material points than it ; it is therefore denser (Tattv. II, 38, 39). Every samsārin is always connected with a fiery and a karman-body, but can, in addition, still possess one or two other bodies. 3 Chief and Secondary Parts of the Bodies.
The angopānga-n-ks cause the origin of the chief parts of the bodies (arms, legs, back, breast, belly, head) and their limbs (fingers
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