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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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