Jaina Ontology

Author(s): K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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JAINA ONTOLOGY
(iii) The chapter 22nd (viz. Kriyāpada) contains information about kriya (meaning vicious act) classified in two ways. Both classifications con
five items and in the case of each we are told as to which of them can or must go together and which cannot, In the case of the first classification we are told that the ultimate cause of the items in question are 18 vices, viz. prāņāti pāta down to mithyadarsinaśalya, that is, those 18 vices which had so often made their appearance in Bhagavati; (of course, both the present lists of kriya also frequently appear in Bhagavatī). The chapter also contains detailed information about the type of Karmic bondage experienced by one under the influence of this or that vice enumerated in the list of 18; but that is a part of the Karma doctrine.
(iv) The chapter 17th (viz. Lesyāpada) too should be treated as containing information about emotive activities inasmuch as the presence or otherwise of this or that leśyā is vitally dependent on the presence or otherwise of these or those types of kaşāya. Here we are told as to which types of leszā are possibly present in the different classes of living beings --- in the case of each class also the relative numerical strength of the members possessing different leśyās. A good part of the chapter is devoted to a description of leśyā viewed as a physical substance.
(v) The chapter 19th (viz. Samyaktvapada) too should be treated as containing information about emotive activities inasmuch as the acquisition of samyaktva is deemed possible only when worst type of kaṣāyas are got rid of. For the rest, it should be made clear that possession of samyaktva means possession of religious faith in the Jaina doctrine. In the present chapter, a threefold distinction is made between samyagdrsti (i. e. one possessing samyaktua), mithyādrsti (i, e. one lacking samyaktva) and saiyagmithyadrsti (i. e, one partially possessing samyaktva) and about each class of living beings we are told as to which of these three types are possibly present in it,
These are the Prajñāpanā passages dealing with some aspect or other of emotive activity.
(5) Conative Activities Two chapters of Prajāpanā are devoted to the problems related to cona. tive activities and we take them one by one.
(i) The chapter 16th (viz. Prayogapada) contains information about three types of activity, viz. mental, vocal, bodily. These are divided into 15 sub-types (the first into 4, the second into 4, the third into 7) and we are told as to which of these sub-types can be possibly present in this or that class of living beings.
(ii) The chapter 32nd (viz. Samyatapada) contains information about three types of morally disciplined beings, viz perfectly disciplined (saṁyata),