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The Jaina world of Non-living
However, the term 'psyche' may be taken as scientific synonym for this for which physical mind is necessary. This is one of the modes of conscious soul as per Jaina concept. Thus, the Jaina concept of materiality of mind will refer to physical mind closely associated with psychical mind (which is also said to be mattergic as it is assisted by physical mind).
12. G.R. Jain suggests that as there are classifications of fine nonliving mattergies in terms of specific variforms, there are similar classified varieties of biological living cells which are also mattergic due to their karmic associations.
Just as the aphorism 5.19 indicates the activities of motion, utterance, thinking and respiration of the body, speech, mind and vitalities respectively are helpers due to their mattergic nature, similarly there are some other assisting factors of mattergy mentioned in the next aphorism 5.20:
Sukha-dukha-jivita-maran-upagrahāsca
5.20
The mattergy promotes pleasure, pain, aliveness and death of the living beings 5.20.
1-2. Pleasure is defined as the disposition of agreeableness or gratification of the soul caused by the maturation of pleasure-feeling producing karma due to external causes like pleasing objects etc. Similarly, pain is defined as the disposition of anguish of the soul caused due to maturation of pain-producting feeling karma.
3-4. Aliveness is defined as non-cessation or continuance of the characteristics of respiration in the living beings due to the operation of longevity-determining karma causing worldly existence. The cessation of aliveness or extirpation of respirations is known as death.
5-6. All efforts or actions of the living beings are aimed at obtaining pleasures. Hence, it is mentioned first. Pain is the counterpart of pleasure causing anguish. It is, therefore, placed next.
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The pleasures and pains- both are there in the living beings. Hence,aliveness follows these two. All beings die in the end due to the destruction of longevity-determining karma. Hence, the death has been
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