ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 03

Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies

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✓ Perverted views: This can translate to ego arrogance /supremacy of one's wants/wishes over others. The person becomes selfish and starts amassing material to increase his happiness.
Disinterest in the duties /vows: This translates to not observing duties / vows properly (indiscipline) attracting reprimand and hence violent reaction.
✓ Laxities: The person starts getting more interested in undesirable/non beneficial activities e.g. being busy in enjoying pervert stories (women, food, royalties, and robberies/theft), sleep and affection /attachment.
Four passions (tainted emotions): Anger, pride/arrogance, deceit/crookedness and greed; their 4 levels of intensities. Nine quasi passions: jest, like & dislike for certain objects, grief/sorrow, fear, disgust, hankering after/male/female/neutral gender. These also are corroborated by Daniel Goleman in his book 'Emotional Intelligence'19 Anger is perhaps the foremost cause of violence. Some aspects of anger as per David Goleman in emotional Intelligence are:
•⚫ Anger is never without a reason but seldom a good one, Ben Franklin P-66
• Anger is the mood people are worst controlling at Tice P-66
Don't suppress anger but don't act on it Chogyam Trungappa P-72
Activities of mind body and speech: These are related primarily to the unnecessary activities or activities performed under tainted emotions.
Steps involved or methods of committing violence include:
✓ Planning, Mobilize resources and starting the act
✓ Committed by self, asking others to do or admiring /supporting violent activities
✓ Performed by acts of mind body speech
18 Mithyardarśana-virati-pramada-kaṣāya-yoga bandhahetavaḥ, Tattvärthasūtra by Umāsvāmi, Verse VIII.1, meaning the five causes of bondage are perverted world view, non-abstinence, laxity, tainted emotions and actions of the body-speech-mind.
19 Appendix A Page 331: Emotion is first defined (per Oxford dictionary) as 'Any agitation or disturbance of mind, feeling, passion, excited mental state. The listed tainted emotions are anger (jealousy a variant of anger), sadness, grief, fear, enjoyment, surprise, disgust, shame and absence of love etc.
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