Jain Life Science Jiva Vichara

Author(s): Kusumben Babulal Shah
Publisher: Kusumben Babulal Shah

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2. jīvä mutta samsāriņo ya, tasa thāvarā ya samsäri,
pudhavi-jala-jalana-väu, vanassai thāvarā nëyä.
The classification of living beings commences with the two major state of souls:
A. MUKTA (Liberated souls) B. SANSARI (Non-liberated souls/Transient souls)
A. MUKTA : Refers to all living beings that are free from all karmic bondages, in other words souls that have attained liberation and are free from the cycle of birth and death. Mukta jiva are discussed ahead.
B. SANSARI : Refers to all living beings that are not free from the karmic bondages and are undergoing through the cycle of birth and death.
mukta
Sansari are further divided into two forms:
1. TRASA (MOBILE) : Living beings that can move or change their surroundings as per their own wish to experience bliss and overcome sorrows and miseries.
2. STHAVARA (IMMOBILE) : Living beings that can neither move nor change their surroundings as per their own wish to experience bliss and overcome sorrows and miseries, also called ekindriya jivai.e. one sensed body-the sense of touch.
Sthavarjiva are classified as: 1) PRUTHVIKAYA ii) APKAYA ii) TEUKAYA iv) VAUKAYA V) VANASPATIKAYA
sansari
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