Book Title: Samayasara
Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Jethalal S Zaveri
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati

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________________ Chapter - 3 Samayasāra imagined to have absolutely lost its characteristic predilection for truth because to do so is to lose itself. 2. Non-abstinence means absence of spiritual strength to abstain from the wrong (sinful) path. The soul ultimately overcomes the obstruction of the centripetal force of perversion and climbing the ladder of spiritual progress rises upto a state of right worldview/vision. This is the fourth stage called avirati samyagdrsti gunasthāna i.e. right vision without abstinence. It has purified vision but is lacking in the capacity for spiritual self-control in conformity with the vision. For further progress the soul must develop more energy for self-discipline. Here, again, the energy for abstinence is psychic while indulgence in sensuous pleasures must be identified with the karmic matter. 3. Passions (kaşāya) : Continuing to climb the ladder of spiritual progress the soul passes the stages of complete abstinence. It, then, overcomes spiritual inertia (pramāda) and develops a high degree of purification and spiritual vigour. So far two primary conditions of bondage have been rendered ineffective but the most important exertion-annihilation of passions-still remains. The four passions are: anger, arrogance, deceit and greed, each of which, again, can be of four degrees of intensity viz., (i) Beginningless (anantānubandhi) which is concomitant with mithyātva, (ii) That which obscures the energy for even partial abstinence (apratyakhānāvarana), (iii) That which obscures only the energy for complete abstinence (pratyakhānāvarana) and (iv) That which is very weak and is effective only occasionally (samjvalana). During its ascent on the ladder, the passions of highest intensity were annihilated or suppressed with the dawn of enlightenment. Next two were also subdued and made ineffective by the increased spiritual energy and vigour commensurate with its ascent. The soul, now attains unprecedented purity and annihilating the remaining passions reaches the summit of the ladder of the spiritual development and becomes absolutely free, not only from all four types of passions but all four types of obscuring (ghāti) karma. The soul is now omniscient. 4. Threefold activity-Yoga. With the attainment of omniscience the soul has totally eradicated three out of the four conditions - -: 98:For Private & Personal Use Only Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org

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