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OUTLINES OF JAINISM
Svāmitva Who has it? The soul, of course. But in details the question may be considered from the point of view of (1) kinds of existence (four gatis); (2) senses (five senses or less); (3) bodies (possessors of living or immobile bodies); (4) yoga (or āsrava, vibrations of body, mind, and speech, which bring about the inflow of karmic matter and make bondage possible); (5) veda, or the three sexes (inasculine, feminine, and neuter); (6) kashāya, the four passions (anger, pride, deception, and greed); (7) knowledge, five kinds of knowledge (see under Second Jewel); (8) samyama, control or restraint; (9) durśana, sense-perception, mental perception, etc.; (10) leśyās, six kinds of tints of the soul; (11) samyaktā, from the real point of view; (12) thinking or non-thinking souls (saññin,asañjñin).
Sādhana How is it acquired ? In two ways, internally and externally, i.e. nisarga and adhigama.
Adhikarana What is its vehicle ? (1) In reality the soul; (2) but from the external point of view, the trasu-nādī, that portion of space which is 1 rajju wide, 1 rajju long, and 14 rajjus high. There cannot be any right conviction outside this. (Sce Cosmology, Appendix II.)
Sthiti What is its duration? It depends upon whether the right conviction is due to upaśama, or precipitation of
