Primer of Jain Principles

Author(s): Kirit Gosalia
Publisher: Kirit Gosalia

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Worms, shells, termites, and similar living beings have two senses- touch and taste. Lice, mothes and similar living beings have three senses-touch, taste and smell. Flies, beetles, scorpions, crickets, and similar living beings have four sensestouch, taste smell and seeing. Lions and other four-legged animals, human beings, infernal and celestial living beings have five senses-touch, taste, smell, seeing and hearing.
Chapter # 3.8 Soul quest of the body.
382. What is called kay?
The condition of the soul's space units occurring as a result of the fruition of the mobile and immobile body making karma is called kay.
383. What is called the mobile being (Trush kay)?
The soul's taking birth as two, three, four and five senses living beings due to the fruition of the mobile body making karma is called mobile being. Here these living beings are able to move through their own volition.
384. What is called the immobile being (Sthavar kay)?
An immobile being is a one-sense living being which has the fruition of the immobile body karma. Such immobilelliving biings are not able to move through their own volition.
385. What is called gross body (Badar kay)?
The living being which can be stopped by earth; and, it can stop other substances is called gross body (Badar kay).
386. What is called the fine body (Sukshma kay)?
The living being which cannot be stopped by earth; and, it cannot stop other substances is called fine body (Sukshma kay).
387. How many types of plant body souls are there?
There are two types:
1. Solitary plant souls (Pratyek vanaspati kay). 2. Common body plant souls (Sadharan vanaspati kay)