Jain Journal 1998 04

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

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SOGANI : THE CONCEPTION OF DRAVYAS IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
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(b) Antaratman :
First, he is the spiritually converted self44 who has relinquished the eight kinds of pride45, and reflects on his own self as his legitimate and genuine abode, disparaging the outward physical dwelling places as unnatural and artificial.46 Secondly, he renounces all identification with the animate objects like wife, children etc. and inanimate objects like wealth, property etc. and properly weighs them in the balance of his discriminative knowledge.47 Thirdly, by virtue of the sprouting of profound wisdom in him, he develops a unique attitude towards himself and the world around him. He is the only self that has acquired the right of Moksa, 48 and consequently he adopts such attitude as is necessary to safeguard his spiritual status and interest. He gets endowed with such type of insight as will enable him resolutely to march for spiritual invasion and then sound the bugle of triumph after defeating the treacherous foes of attachment and aversion assaulting him in his Bahirātman.
(c) Paramatman :
The paramātman is the supreme-self, the consummation of aspirant's life, the terminus of his spiritual endeavours. The embodied
nan is Arhat, while the disembodied one is Siddha.49 The Moksa Pähuda proclaims Paramātman as bereft of collyrium, defects, body. senses and as associated with omniscience, and purity.50 He is free from birth, old age and death; he is supreme, pure, and devoid of eight Karmas; he possesses infinite knowledge, intuition, bliss, and potency; and he is indivisible, indestructible, and inexhaustible,51 Besides, he is super-sensuous and unparalleled; is free from obstructions, merit, demerit, and rebirth; and is enternal, steady, and independent.52
Nature and Function of Pudgala (Matter) :
Matter, according to Jainism, is not something formless, indefinite, 44. Mo. Pa-5, Kartti. 194. 5. Kartti-194. The eight kinds of pride are-pride of (1) learning (2) honour
(3) family (4) caste (5) power (6) opulence (7) penace and (8) body. 46. Samadhi-73 47. Mo. Pa. 17. 48. Ibid 14, 37. 49. Kartti 198. 50. Mo Pa. 5, 6. 51. Niyama-176. 52. Ibid. 177.
pridoceface learning
honour