Some Problems in Jaina Psychology

Author(s): T G Kalghatgi
Publisher: Karnatak University Dharwar

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CHAPTER V The Jaina Theory of Sense Perception
Jaina epistemology - Pratyakşa and parokşa - Nature of sense perception - Condition of sense perception - Stages of sense perception - Avagraha - Stages of avagraha - Ihā as associative integration - Avāya as perceptual judgment - Dhāraņā as absence of the lapse of perception - Sense perception as a concrete psychosis.
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CHAPTER VI Other Sources of Empirical Knowledge
Dhāraņā as retention - As a condition of memory - Smrti as recollection - As a form of memory - Validity of smrti as a form of knowledge - Pratyabhijñā as recognition - As a synthetic judgment - Validity of pratyabhijñā - Anumāna as inference - Inference as a psychological process - Deductive and inductive inference - Svārtha and parārtha inference - Syllogism - Structure of syllogism.
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CHAPTER VII Supernormal Perception
Empirical experience not sufficient to give knowledge of reality - Supernormal experience as pratyakşa - Cārvāka and Mīmāmsaka objection - Jaina reply - Modern psychical research - Nyāya concep. tion of alaukika pratyaksa - Jaina view of pratyaks2 - Types of supernormal perception - Avadhi as clairvoyance - Distinction in avadhi - Modern psychical research - French sensitiveness - Manahparyāya as telepathy - Conditions for the possession of manahparyāya - Object of cognition - Kevala as omniscience - Occurrence of kevala - Mīmāṁsaka objection - Jaina reply - Types of kevala - Nyāya conception of divine knowledge and the Yoga theory of divine perception compared.
CHAPTER VIII The Journey of the Soul
150 (The doctrine of Gunasthāna) Self-realization as the inherent capacity of the soul - The gunasthāna as the way to self-realization - The nature of gunasthāna - Discussion of the fourteen stages - First four stages as leading to right attitude, but no moral effort involved - Compared with the parable of the cave in the Republic of Plato - The fifth stage - Right attitude coupled with moral effort - Gradual progress towards self-realization - Guñasthāna compared with şaţsthala.