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Tattvārthasūtra
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Souls are of two kinds: the transmigrating (samsārī) and the liberated (mukta).
Transmigration (metempsychosis) is samsāra, the cycle of wandering. Those, who undergo the cycle of wandering, are the transmigrating souls. This whirling-round has five subdivisions: the cycle of matter (dravyaparivartana), the cycle of place (ksetraparivartana), the cycle of time (kālaparivartana), the cycle of being (bhavaparivartana), and the cycle of thought-activity (bhāvaparivartana). The cycle of matter is of two kinds, the cycle of quasi-karmic matter (nokarmaparivartana) and the cycle of karmic matter (karmaparivartana). The cycle of quasi-karmic matter is described first. Particles of matter fit for the three kinds of body and the six kinds of completion or development are taken in by a soul (jīva) in one instant. These remain in the same condition in which they were taken in with regard to their greasiness or roughness, colour, smell, etc. - intense, feeble or intermediate - and fall off in the subsequent instant(s). After that, unabsorbed particles are taken in and cast off infinite times. Similarly, mixed particles are taken in and cast off infinite times. The absorbed particles in the middle are taken in and cast off infinite times. After that, the same particles of matter taken in by the soul at the beginning attain the same state of quasi-karmic matter in the same soul. All these taken together constitute one cycle of quasikarmic matter (nokarmaparivartana). Now the cycle of karmic matter (karmaparivartana) is described. Particles of matter transformed into the eight types of karmic matter are taken in by one soul in one instant and are cast off in the subsequent instant(s), after the lapse of one
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