Jainism and Democracy

Author(s): Indra Chandra Shastri
Publisher: I A S S Jain Conference New Delhi

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JAINISM AND DEMOCRACY
the path of ksayopasam i.e., partial subsidance, or des-- truction and partial rise without the fruit giving intensity (pradesodaya). The subduing of anantānubandhi. etc. in previous stages did not mean their destruction or subsidance but rise without the fruit giving potency. The aspirant from the eighth stage begins his purification by subsidance or destruction in reality. The soul is empowered here with to reduce the effect of karmans in respect of duration as well as intensity. This potential reduction is carried in the following five ways :1. Sthitighata : Reduction of the enduring period
allotted to the karmans in store. 2. Rasaghāta : Reduction in fruit giving intensity.. 3. Guņasreņi: To convert the karmans of longer
endurance into those with endurance of not:
more than a muhurta (48 minutes). 4. Guņa sankrama : To convert the karmans with
intensive degree into those with milder degrees. 5. Anya-sthiti-bandha : To accummulate new
karmans of very short duration and low intensity to which those of longer duration and
higher intensity are converted. There are three feats (karaņas) which the aspirant undertakes gradually for this reduction. 1. Yathipravrtti karaṇa : Inclination of the soul
towards subsidance or destruction without
actual step. 2. Apūrva karana : First step towards complete
subduing through subsidance or destruction.