Outlines of Jainism (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...the life of a mwni, or ascetic. 7. Apramatta-virata Renouncing the pramdda-bluiva of the sixth stage. In this the soul is absorbed in spiritual contemplation. From here there are two ways of progressing (two.s"req1.s, or Ways of ascent): (1) upaea/ma, in which the conduct-infatuating lcawnux. is being suppressed; (2) lcshciyalca-, in which it is being destroyed. This last is the necessary way to molcsha, or final liberation. Karana, or bhdva, thoughts which had not yet found entry into the saint's soul. This is the beginning of the first eulcla-dhyrina, or white contemplation, i.e. pure contemplation of the pure soul. Special thoughts (bhdvas) of still greater purity; a stage of the first pure contemplation. All passions are destroyed or suppressed, except ealcsliana-safijvalana-lobha, i.e. the most subtle, nominal desire (of attaining molcsha, for example). This is also thefirst pure contemplation. A thought'(bhdva), or psychical condition, which is produced by the suppression of the entire conductinfatuating Icowmas. This is also the first pure contemplation. From this a saint falls. In this stage the entire conduct-infatuating Icarmas are annihilated, and the psychical condition produced belongs to the second pure (or White) contemplation. The saint attains this directly after the tenth stage, without passing through the eleventh. 1 3. Sayoga-lcevalin Before commencing this stage the soul must have destroyed the three remaining destructive lca/r'mas--knowledge-obscuring, faith-obscuring or perceptionobscuring, and the hindering or obstructive lcarmas. Here, the soul becomes arhat, or perfect soul in human body, vibrating with the' fast approaching glories of molcsha. 14. Ayoga-lcevalin This is attained when...