Jaina Karmaology

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Jaina Karmelogy be contradiction of the existent sensory knowledges etc. are assumed to be obscurable ? 6. Secondly, the sensory knowledge etc. are no perceptible entities or masses whose obscuration could be called sensory obscuring etc. However, it is due to the realisation of sensory-obscuring karma etc. that there is no appearance of sensory knowledge etc. in the soul. Hence, it is designated as sensory knowledge-obscuring etc. It is just like the process of ‘renunciation which does not have a perceptible entity but whose obscuration may cause the renunciation-obscuring. However, it is observed that due to realisation of this karma, one does not have the mode of renunciation activity in the soul. 7.Q. A point has to be considered here whether the non-liberatable being (A-bhavya) has the potency of telepathy and absolute knowledge. If the potency is there, he could not be designated as non-liberatable. If it is not there, he could not be designated as having telepathically or ommiscientally obscured. There could not be, thus, these two obscurations there. 8.A. This is not correct. This point has already been answered above in 8.6.5 in terms of canonical statements. Substantively, there is potency of these two knowledges, hence there is the corresponding obscuration. However, there may not be the existence of these two with respect to modal stand-point. Secondly, the illustration of 8.6.6 could also be applied here. Q. If the non-liberatables have the potency of telepathic and absolute knowledge, why they could not be designated as "liberatables'? 8-9A. This is not correct, as the liberatablity or otherwise does not depend merely on the existence or non-existence of the potency of the above two knowledges or the potency of right faith, knowledge and conduct. But, it depends on the potency of their manifestation just like the auriferous ores. They are termed as gold ores as they have the capacity of manifestation in terms of gold (through many physicochemical operations). If they have no manifestation capacity, they will be called simply stones rather than auriferous ores. Thus, a living being is called liberatable who has the manifestation rather the existential capacity of the trio as above. One is non-liberatable in the absence of this triadic manifestation potency. 10. The living being is (i) devoid of its capacity to learn or know, (ii) dévoid of memory power and (iii) indifference towards religious
sermons due to the fruition of knowledge-obscuring karma. He