Jain Journal 1971 07

Author(s): Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication

Page 37

JULY, 1971
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Commentator om (28) Carcari .
Jinadatta Suri *** (29) Kāla-svarūpa-kulaka
Jinadatta Suri Igamika-vastu-vicāra-sära
Jinavallabha Suri *** (31) Suksmärtha-vicāra-sāra or sārdha-šataka-prakarana
Jinavallabha Suri Prašnottara-ratna-mālā or Ratna-mālikā Vimala Suri (33) Sarvasiddhānta-vişama-pada-paryāya Sricandra Suri
The above list shows the vast field with which not only the Jaina savants were conversant and in which they took a scholarly interest, it also indicates the colossal effort that they put in to keep research uptodate and within the easy reach of their followersan effort to which there is hardly any parallel elsewhere. As already noted, a large portion of the extra-Agamic literature is by pow extinct, but, of that which is available, the above represents only a fraction, dealing with fundamental concepts. Other groups of extra-Agamic literature taken note of are :
*. (1) Dharmopadeśa (Discourse on Religion), au (2) Yoga and Adhyātma,
(3) Ācāra, and
(4) Vidhi Vidhāna, etc. (Rules and Regulations, etc.)
Even under the above heads, the Jainas have produced a huge literature. Religious discourses are based on such discourses often given by the Acāryas. Quite a number of them tender advice on morals. Hymns are composed and are sung by the devotees. These hymns have a wide coverage, though a good number of them are in praise of Tirthankaras and the past Masters. The second bunch is devoted to Yoga and Adhyātma. Yoga in the traditional Jaina sense is a form of kaṣāya and hence is non-liberating. But it also stands for the processes leading oneself from the implicit faith in the truth to the stage of the final realisation of the truth. The trio of right attitude, right knowledge and right conduct constitutes according to the Jainas, the pathway to final emancipation. Right attitude or samyag darśana is love for truth. Every soul has such love for truth in some measure. But unless and until it develops into a self-conscious pursuit of truth, it does not help spiritual progress. It is at the stage of self-conscious effort for spiritual advancement that this love of truth is called samyag darśana. After the acquisition of this characteristic the soul passes through a number of stages of spiritual development, technically