Jaina Psychology

Author(s): Mohanlal Mehta
Publisher: Sohanlal Jain Dharm Pracharak Samiti Amrutsar

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JAINA PSYCHOLOGY
as 'endurance'. This is the period in which a particular karma exists without producing its effect.
'Realization' is the rise of the effect of a particular karma that exists in potentia. It is the state of actual enjoyment in which we reap the fruits of our past actions.
The Jaina doctrine of karma does not maintain the rigidity of the process of karmic fruition. It holds that a karma which is to last for a certain length of duration can also be enjoyed earlier. Through certain means it can be released before the actual period of realization comes. The process by which a karma is enjoyed in its premature state is called 'premature realization'.3
Taking into consideration the existence in potentia, i.e., endurance (sattā), all the sub-species can exist in a soul. So far as the realization (udaya) of the species is concerned, the entire number amounts only to one hundred and twenty-two. If the binding (bandha) of new species is taken into consideration, the total number is assumed to be one hundred and twenty. As regards pre-mature realization (udiraṇā), the entire number amounts to one hundred and twenty-two, just as in realization. The following table will show the number of the sub-species existing in these states.1
1 Sattā kammāņa ṭhii, baṁdhāiladdhaattalābhāṇam. Ibid., II, 25. 2 Udao vivagaveyana..
..Ibid., 13.
3 Ibid.
4 Karma-vipaka, p. 111.