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

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________________ Samayasara Nervous System-Motor Action Physical Action-Muscular System Mental Action-Mental System-Conceiving & Perceiving Sensory ActionFeelings/Emotions Urges & Fruition Gross Body (Physical body) Rise Al Jain Education International Endocrine Psyche (citta) impulses (bhāva, Adhyavasaya of Microbody Soul Karma System-Passions a (kaşaya) Subtle Body (Karma-sarira) Vocal Action Chapter tantra) -8 They not only generate feelings but also command appropriate action to satisfy the need of the moment. Urges are now transmuted into emotions. The release and distribution of various hormones take place in accordance with the intensity of the urge which itself is proportional to the intensity of the passions contained in the adhyavasaya. The chemical messengers use blood circulation as their transport and interact with the brain and other parts of the nervous system. Together they constitute an integral coordinating - 193-0 For Private & Personal Use Only Gross Body (Physical body) violent seizures. 'Feeling' is more informal and refers to both weak and intense states. Desire refers to feeling of wanting or needing; on the other hand, the words urge, drive, impulse, and instinct refer to impulsive forces which produce the above mental status, and are, therefore, fore-runners of emotions. www.jainelibrary.org

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