Book Title: Jaina Ethics
Author(s): Dayanand Bhargav
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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________________ Penances 203 2. Ekatva vitarkavicära 3. Sūksmakriyā pratipatti 4. Vyuparatakriyānivrtti.1 1. Pịthakatva vitarkavicāra : In this stage, all the three types of activities of body, speech and mind (yogas) continue and the aspirant shifts from one kind of activity to another, 2 from one substance to another, and from one modification to another.3 All these stages of thinking depend on the scriptural knowledge. 4 In spite of the fact that the object of thinking changes here, it is called dhyāna, because many dhyānas together also form dhyāna,5 2. Ekatva vitarkavicāra : Here only one of the three yogas persists and there is no shifting from one object of thinking to another. In this stage also, thinking depends on scriptural knowledge.? After this stage, the aspirant becomes omniscient, and all the obscuring karmans are destroyed. 8 3. Sūkşmakriyāpratipatti : Now only the subtle activities of body persist, and all types of vocal and mental and gross type of physical activities cease. Only the four non-obscuring karmans, viz. agedetermining, feeling-determining, name-determining and family-determining karmans, remain. Now, if the age-determining karman has the same length as other three karmans, the aspirant attains liberation, but if other karmans exceed age-determining karman, they are brought in line with the lastmentioned karman by means of samudghäta.' Subhacandra says 1. Pūjyapāda on Tattvārthas ütra, 9.39. 2. Ibid., 9.40. Also jñānārnava, 42.12. 3. Ibid., 9.44. Also Ibid., 42.16-17. 4. Ibid., 9.43. 5. Ibid., 9.44. 6. Ibid., 9.40. 7. Ibid., 9.41. 8. jñānārņava, 42.29. 9. Cf. Pūjyapāda on Tattvārthas ütra, 9.44. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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