Book Title: Dravyasamgraha
Author(s): Nemichandra Acharya, Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp

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________________ Dravyasamgraha sensed being, birth as a three-sensed being, birth as a foursensed being, unsymmetrical body, quite a weak joining of the bodily structure, transmigrating force tending to infernal state of existence, a hot body (body emitting a warm splendor), a body possessing one sense only, a subtle body, an undeveloped body and a common body. Non-restraint is of three kinds – the rise of passions leading to endless mundane existence, the rise of passions hindering partial restraint, and the rise of passions hindering complete self-discipline. The influx of karmas caused by these passions is stopped in their absence. It is as follows. Deep sleep, deep slumber, somnambulism, anger, pride, deceitfulness and greed (leading to an endless series of worldly existence), the female sex, animal age, animal state of existence, the middle four types of the structure of the body, the (middle) four types of joining, the transmigrating force tending to the animal state of existence, cold lustre, awkward motion, causing apathy, illsounding voice, dull appearance (lustreless body) and low family surroundings. These karmas, the influx of which is caused mostly by non-restraint arising from the passions of endless series, bind one-sensed beings etc., up to the end of the second stage of spiritual development; there is stoppage of these karmas is those stages, that is from the third stage of ‘Mixed Right and Wrong Belief (samyagmithyādęsti). Ten karmas flow into the soul primarily on account of nonrestraint caused by the rise of passions hindering partial restraint. These are anger, pride, deceitfulness and greed (hindering even partial self-discipline), human age, human state of existence, physical body, the chief and secondary parts of the physical body, excellent joining and the transmigrating force tending to human birth. These bind one-sensed beings etc. up to the end of the fourth stage of spiritual development, namely 'Vowless Right Belief (asamyatasamyagdęsti). Owing to the absence (viz. non-restraint of this type) there is stoppage 44

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