Fundamentals Of Jainism

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Veer Nirvan Bharti

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sleep is inconsistent with the nature of soul which is pure consciousness or intelligence, but is forced on it in consequences of its union with matter. Hence when the soul's union with matter becomes less overpowering in nature, as happens in the case of true munis (ascetic saints) sleep, somnolence and all other forms of stupor which are matters of daily experience to all spiritually undeveloped souls, lose their hold on the jîya.
The causes of the different forms of stupor and sleep are various; they are caused by mental worry, passions, and the like, and also by foods which augment somnolence, laziness and lethargy of body or mind.
We now come to the third group of karmic energies, known as vedaniya. Bearing in mind what has been said about the power of suggestion and the negative attitude of the soul in connection with the other kinds of karmas, it can be readily seen that the causes which give rise to the experiences of pleasure and pain must be as follows: (a) in the case of pleasurable feelings sympathy, gift (of four
kinds, viz., of medicine, food, 'protection' and knowledge), piety, renunciation, purity of mind, speech and body,
mercy, tranquillity and the like, and (6) in the case of unhappy experiences, the causing of pain to
others and also to one's own self, grief, vain regrets, weeping, and also causing others to weep, killing or injuring others or oneself, back-biting, abusing, hard-heartedness, terrorising and all those other forms of action which are opposed to the causes enumerated under the preceding
head. The next group of karmas which demands our attention is mohaniya, which is of two kinds, darśana-mohaniya and charitramohaniya. The causes of the former kind are, (a) showing disrespect to the kevali (the soul who has conquered the four kinds of his ghâtia karmas and has attained to omniscience), (b) finding fault with the Scripture of truth, i.e. the teaching of Jainism, (c) regarding a true muni as a charlatan, (d) imputing impiety to the residents of heavens, and (e) treating religion with contempt.
Charitra-mohan îya is caused by such conduct as the failure to control desires and passions, abuse, idle talk, causing pain to another, keeping evil company, grief, delight in injuring others, heart