tman_and_moksa

Author(s): G N Joshi
Publisher: Gujarat University

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Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir
and alive. The concept of Dharmakäya. Yogācāra view of Nirvāṇa. Alayavijñāna and Tathatā, Mahāyāna view of Nirvāņa as Sunyatā, strifelessness. Nirvāņa through moral perfection. Nirvāņa - an experience of blissfulness and tranquillity. Arbat is like the Jivanmukta. Nirvāṇa and Paripirväņa-Nirvāņa escapes all definitions and descriptions. CHAPTER V- JAINISM
... 224-264 Jainism is opposed to Vedic ritualism and caste system. The nature of Soul as agent, enjoyer, and a permanent substance. Plurality of souls ( Jivas). All living beings possess soul. The size of soul varies with that of the body. Classification of souls. Soul and karma-matter. Bondage is caused by descience, Bondage is destroyed by knowledge and not karma. Soul is constitutionally free and potentially divine. Concept of Saṁrara and Nirjarä. The nature and the way of liberation, Kinds of Moksa. Two sects of Jainism. CHAPTER VI-NYÀYA-VAISEŞIKA
... 265-319 The philosophical nature of these systems. Their realistic pluralism. Seven categories. The Soul - a substance. Consciouspess-an adventitious attribute of the Self. Soul is permanent, agent, enjoyer, infinite, eterual, imperishable, pervasive. It transmigrates. Ways of knowing the soul. Problem of God. The soul, buddhi, mind and senses. Misapprehension, karma, worldly pleasures and paids. MOKSA
... 299 Moksa is a state of pleasurelessness and painlessness; a state of passioplessness, iodifference, and passivity; a state like a stone. Moksa is attained by removing mithyājñāna. It consists jo cessation of rebirth and karma. Comparison with the Buddhist concept of Void. CHAPTER VII--SĀŇKHYA
... 320-405 Samkhya -an atheistic system. The ultimate dualism of Samkhya. Praksti-evercharging, the ultimate material and efficient cause of the cosmos. Praksti and the three Guņa S.
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