Jaina Ethics

Author(s): Dayanand Bhargav
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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Faina Ethics
bondage,1 Without passion, the kārmāņa particles may come and go but they do not affect the soul. This position can be compared to the anāsakti-yoga of the Gitā. To be more elaborate, the causes of bondage are five-fold : (i) Wrong-belief (mithyādarśana)
It has five varieties (a) taking only one aspect of truth (ekānta) (b) perverse belief (viparita) (c) scepticism (sambaya) (d) showing equal belief in all religions (vinaya) (e) nescience (ajñāna). (ii) Vowlessness (avirati)
It includes lack of compassion for six classes of embodied soul through lack of control over five senses and mind.” (iii) Negligence (pramāda)
It includes talks about (a) food (bhojanakathā), (b) women (strikathā), (c) politics (rājyakathā), (d) scandal (deśakathā), lack of control over five senses, four passions, affection and sleep.4 (iv) Passion (kaşāya)
These include four degrees of intensities of four passions, viz. (a) pride (māna), (b) deceitfulness (māyā), (c) anger (krodha), (d) greed (lobha) and nine semi-passions.5 (v) Yoga ( activities)
These activities are either mental or vocal or physical.
(A) Mental activities are either from (a) true mind (satyamana) (b) false mind (asatyamana) or (c)mixed mind (ubhayamana) or (d) neither true nor false mind (anubhayamana).
(B) Vocal activities are either (a) true or (b) false or (c) both or (d) none.
(C) Physical activities are possible by the seven bodies.
1. Tattvärthas ütra 8.2-3. 2. Pujyapada, on Ibid.. 8.1. 3. Ibid., 8.1. 4. Bhatta Akalarkadeva on Tattvārthasūtra, Calcutta,
Translation, p. 806). 5. Pujyapāda on Tattvärthas ütra, 8.1.
1929, 8.1. (Hindi