Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth

Author(s): Shobhachad Bharilla
Publisher: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth Prakashan Samiti Byavar

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Dr. J. C. Sikdar M.A., Ph.D., Research Officer, L.D. Institute of Indology, Ahmedabad. SOME ASPECTS OF JAIN PSYCHOLOGY AS REVEALED IN THE BHAGAVATI SUTRA
Psychology is one of the necessary aspects of Philosophy, as it is the scientific study of soulthe central theme of knowledge. It is the whole scheme of experience which helps one understand the problem of being and matter. It throws light upon the nature of life, the truth of which is pursued by the modern Psychologists. The problem is very subtle to be explained, for there is a self-distinct bodily structure which is the basis of Psychology as revealed in the incidental evidences furnished by the Bhagavati Sūtra. In the evolution of life and the Universe as reflected in this canonical work there are found two traditions, viz. atom tradition (Paramāņu) and self-tradition (ätmā), i.e. materialistic and spiritualistic. Matter and soul are eternal substances and they exist mutually bound together in the Universe. "Athi ņam bhamte jīvā ya poggalā ya annamannabaddha annamannaputthā...annamannaghadattāe...citthai". It is explained that Upayoga (consciousness or application) is the attribute of the soul which is the most fundamental characteristic of it. "Gunao uvayogagune."* "Uvayoge lakkhane nam jīve". There are stated to be two kinds of Upayoga (consciousness), viz. Säkāropayoga (determinate consciousness) and anākāropayoga (indeterminate consciousness). “Sāgārovaoge ya aņāgāroaoge". Säkäropayoga (determinate consciousness) is Jñana (knowledge) and anākaropayoga (indeterminate consciousness) is Darśana (self-awareness). "Sāgāre senāne bhavai aņāgare se damsane bhavai". Darsāna is self-awareness, while Jñäna is the comprehension of externai objects of the nature of the universal-cum-particulars, as the application of the psychic process comes in the forms Darśana and Jnäna. It is revealed in the light of life and nature that the soul exhibits itself the state of being (i.e. manifests itself) by its own self.
"Jive āyabhāvenam uvadamseti".? The same view on the principle of Upayoga (consciousness) is explained in the Dhavalā Tikās thus that the consciousness of the soul is called 'Cit' which is revealed in the forms of bahirmukha-cit (external consciousness) and antarmukha-cit (internal consciousness), i.e. knowledge and self-awareness. It is the principle of psycho-physical activities that all reactions of the soul are conditioned by the body, as it is the dual form, i.e. psycho-physical structure, according to the theory as
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