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Samayasāra
Introduction to Chapter 5 & 6
closing the succeeding one. Before proceeding to discuss samvara let us clarify the relation of passions (kaşāya) with other āśravas.
Passions are essentially psychological distortions, i.e., distortions of psychic equanimity. The four passions-anger, arrogance, deceit, and greed-are again each of four types. Virulent type of passions are called Anantānubandhi, which means leading to infinite bondage. This type is coeval with perversity (mithyātva) and is therefore beginningless. Some what less virulent type is called Apratyākhyānavarana and still less virulent is called Pratyākhyānavarana. The fourth type is the least virulent and is called Sañjvalana. While perverted world-view is the fruition of one branch-darśana-mohanīya-of deluding (mohanīya) karma, passions are fruitions of the other branch-cāritra-mohanīya. Thus, though they are not identical, obey are intimately interconnected. As stated, mithyātva and anantānubandhi passions are coeval. The next two types are associated with non-abstinence. SAMVARA
The purified state of the soul which is competent to close the gates of āśrava and block the influx is called Samvara. Samvara is thus antithetic to āśrava. That is it can be conceived as a butter to close the opening and block the influx of impurity.
Thus, the number of Samvara is also five : PĀŚRAVAT
SAMVARA Perverted attitude (mithyātva) Right attitude (samyaktva) Non-abstinence (avirati) | Abstinence (virati) Spiritual inertia (pramāda) Spiritual alertness (apramāda) Passions (kaşāya)
Freedom from passions (akaṣāya) Activities (yoga)
Motionlessness (ayoga)
It has already been clarified that unless the widest opening mithyātva is blocked first by samyaktva, the blocking of the smaller ones is futile. The Herculean effort to destroy or at least suppress the root of all evils from eternity, needs an unprecedented spiritual effort. And hence the spiritual success in the form of attaining enlightenment has been assigned the highest value.
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