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A Hand Book of Jainology Apramatta Mahamuni. Yes. Even after one becomes an Apramatta Mahamuni, kashays may arise in him but they will be very subtle. They can be destroyed or controlled in one Antarmuhurt (a trice of time). At such a time, the jiva will be in a state of strong wakefulness. Therefore, a very small degree of kashay is not called pramad. When the jiva transcends from the state of spiritual awareness, the vitrag state appears
Mithyathva (False belief): Avirati (vowlessness) Kashay (Passions) Yoga (psychophysical activities) and Pramad (negligence) in consonance with the extent to which they grow strong cause the bondage of karma to that extent.
Questions : (1) What is Asrav ? What are the two kinds of Asrav ? (2) Explain what is meant by a taste for Mithyathva ? (3) Explain the difference between :
(a) Anabhigrahak and Anabhogik,
(b) Abhigrahik and Abhinivesh. (4) What, according to Jainism, are the ways in which sin
binds the soul ? (5) What is meant by Kash? What do the four groups of
Kashayas do ? (7) Explain the 15 kinds of yogas. (8) What are the various kinds of Pramad ?
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