Jaina Ethics

Author(s): Dayanand Bhargav
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas

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Metaphysical Background Vācaspati Misra thinks that even after hearing (śravana) of such mahāvākya as 'that thou art' (tattvamasi) one needs contemplation (manana) and meditation (nididhyâsana) also. According to Suresvarācārya, the sentence that thou art is capable of imparting direct knowledge of Brahman. This is the main difference between Bhāmatiprasthāna and Vivaranaprasthāna. In both the cases, however, action is subservient to knowledge.
Naiskarmyasiddhi has classified the objects attainable by actions into four : 1. utpădya, 2. āpya, 3. saṁskārya, 4. vikärya. Since ātman is neither of these, therefore, it cannot be realised by action. The Jaina view
The Jaina view regarding the removal of misery is classified under two heads : (1) Checking of the inflow of fresh kārmic matter (samvara) and (2) Annihilation of the kārmic matter already accumulated (nirjarā). 1. Checking of the inflow of fresh kārmic matter (samvara)
The inflow of fresh kārmic matter can be checked best by not allowing those causes to work which effect the inflow. The means for this check are as follows :
(i) Three-fold self-discipline (trigupti) (ii) Five-fold path of vigilance (pañca-samiti) (iii) Ten categorical qualities (daśa-lakṣaṇa-dharma) (iv) Twelve-fold reflections on the nature of the
universe (dvādaśānuprakṣā). (v) Equanimous fortitude of twenty-two hardships
(dvāvimšati-parisahajaya). I. तस्मान्निविचिकित्सशाब्द-ज्ञान-सन्ततिरूपासना कर्मसहकारिण्यविद्याDET:
ra, Vācaspati, on Vedantas útra Bombay, 1917, p. 55. 2. सकृत्प्रकृत्या मद्नाति क्रियावारकरूपभूत् । अज्ञानमागमज्ञानं सांगत्यं नास्त्यतोऽनयोः ।।
- Naişkarmyasiddhi, Poona, 1925, 1.67. 3. उत्पाद्यमाप्यं संस्कार्य विकार्यञ्च क्रियाफलम् । नैवं मुक्तिर्यतस्तस्मात् कर्म तस्या न साधनम् ॥
-Ibid., 1.53