ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 04

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

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Quality
Remarks
Table 0.1 Soul / J va Distinguishing quality: Sentient. Number: Infinite Empirical soul
Pure soul Sansarij va 6
mukta į va 6 Vision, knowledge
Omniscient Consciousness
Manifestation of consciousness (upyoga)
Empirical Soul has its knowledge and vision obscured by respective karmas while pure soul is just knowledge and vision.
Live Lives (Jt hein)
Non concrete
Senses, age, power,
breathe
Pure soul was empirical soul in the past. Pure soul has consciousness as its life and enjoys its own nature.
Non concrete (am rtik)
YES
YES But looks like concrete due to karmic bondage.
Empirical soul behaves like matter and thus interacts with matter.
Agent / Doer (Kart )
Of matter karmas due to activities of mind, body and speech
Of its own nature i.e.
infinite vision, knowledge, bliss and
power Consciousness and of its own-nature only.
Doer of own nature (svabh va) as well as affected by others (vibh va). Enjoyer of the results of its own actions.
Enjoyer (Bhoktt)
Of results (pain, pleasures of matter
karmas.
Size (svadeha parim
)
Slightly less than the last human body it
owned. Fixed
Adapts to the size of
the matter body associated with it except at the time of
changing-mode (samudagh ta)
Soul is owner of countless space points and adjusts itself to any size of the body it owns. Pure soul has no karmas bonded and is hence of constant size.
Existence
Exists everywhere in Only at the summit of Pure soul just stays at the cosmos in different cosmos. Does not move the summit of cosmos, forms/ modes and
from there. as there is no dharma capabilities.
and adharma dravya beyond that.
Upwards movement*
(urdhva gamana)
Has the capability. Is the nature of pure Soul.
Stationery, does not
move
Pure soul has a natural tendency to go up but due to its bondage with karmas, does not do so always
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