Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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24 Tattvärtha-sutra, IX.3
स्वाध्याय परम तप
6.0 Nirjară - (Dissociation of Karma)
After samvara we came to the process of nirjara. The function of samvara is to arrest the influx of karma through different sources by stopping the inlets. But the function of nirjarā is to remove the accumulated Karma already present in the soul.
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According to Pujyapāda - 'The karmas fall off after giving pain or pleasure, as these cannot stay on after complete fruition, just as food and similar things decay in course of time. Dissociation takes place after the fruition of Karmas.
6.1. Two kinds of dissociation of Karmas
The separation of or dissociation of Karmas is of two kinds, namely ripening in the usual course (Vipākā or Akāma) and being made to ripen prematurely i.e. (Avipākjā) or (Sakāma).
In the great ocean of transmigration, the individual self wanders for countless periods of time, whirling round and round among the four states of existence in various births. And the auspicious and inauspicious Karmas associated with the self, reach the stage of fruition gradually and complete their ripe period and then dissociate themselves from the self completely. This is the first kind of dissociation.
6.2. Method dissociation
Dissociation is effected by penance and also by other ways, according to UmāsvāmiPenance (austerity) is dissociation also- Tapasa nirjarā ca. 24 Penance (Tapa) is very important for both samvara and nirjarā. Though penance (religious austerity) in included under the moral virtues, it is mentioned separately in order to indicate that it effects both stoppage and dissociation and that it is the chief cause of stoppage of influx and dissociation.
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