Book Title: Jaina Psychology
Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar

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________________ CONTENTS CHAPTER Page KARMA: THE BASIS OF JAINA PSYCHOLOGY .. Meaning of karma--Determinism and freedom of will --Some other theories-Time-Nature-Pre-determination--Chance-Matter-Law of karma--Jaina account of karma--Nature of karma-Length of duration ---Intensity of fruition-- Quantity of karmic matter--Causes of bondage and liberation--Various states of karma. 31 CONSCIOUSNESS AND COGNITION Cognition as one of the attributes of living being-Differentiation of apprehension and comprehension-Soul as the principle of consciousness--Consciousness as the essential characteristic of soul-Modern psychology on indeterminate cognition-Indeterminate cognition and Indian schools of psychology--Jaina conception of indeterminate cognition-Introspection and observationRealistic account of apprehension--Temporal relation between apprehension and comprehension-Simultaneity of apprehension and comprehension---Successive occurrence of apprehension and comprehension--Apprehension and comprehension as identical. III SENSORY AND MENTAL COMPREHENSION Nature and functions of sense-organs- Jaina account of sense-organs-Physical sense-organs-Psychical sensesPosition of mind--Problem of contact-Categories of nonverbal comprehension - Sensation - Contact-awareness and object-apprehension--Speculation--Perception--Retention--Memory and its process-Recollection-Recognition-Reasoning-Verbal comprehension-Differentiation of non-verbal and verbal comprehension IV 98 EXTRA-SENSORY PERCEPTION .. Psychical research on extra-sensory perception-Jaina account of extra-sensory perception-Clairvoyance--Telepathy--Line of demarcation between clairvoyance and telepathy-Omniscience-Arguments for the existence of omniscience. 113 SENSE-FEELING AND EMOTION .. Sense-feeling-Feeling and the omniscient-Cause of feeling-Feeling as a positive experience --Types of sensefeeling--Co-existence of pleasure and pain-Nature of

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