Religious Quest of India

SR No.: 011031
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J N Farquhar, Griswold
Publisher: J N Farquhar Griswold
Total Pages: 365
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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104 THE NINE CATEGORIES OF getting knowledge, humble and free from curiosity, straight
forward and righteous. vii (s). The second good emotion takes its name, Padmaleśyā,
from the lotus-flower, for jīva beneath its dominion open their hearts to all good things as lotus lilics expand to the sun. Its colour is yellow, and its taste is better than honey. Through its power a man controls anger, pride, deceit and avarice, and gains as a reward a quiet mind,
whose thoughts are always calm and collected. vii (8). The last emotion, the Suklaleśyā, is the highest of all;
it is as white as pearls, and its taste sweeter than sugar. Love and hatred disappear when a man is under its influence, and he feels in harmony with all nature. Knowledge is now complete, austerity finished and char. acter perfected, for, governed by it, the mind itself becomes a sun and has no stain of evil and, unbarred by karma,
the way lies open to mokşa. vii (h). The eighth class of jīva are called Aleśī, for they have done
with all feeling and completely stultificd everything in their personality which might respond to cmotion. Only
the Siddha are to be found in this class. viii. Nine The Jaina dividc Jiva again in nine ways: Prithvikāya, classes.
Apakāya, Teukāya, Vāyukāya, Vanaspatikāya, Be-indriya, Tri-indriya, Corendriya, and Pañćendriya, but all these have alrcady been discussed, and this division is only
made for the sake of symmetry. ix. Ten When Jiva is classificd in ten ways, the five old diviclasses.
sions we already know of (Ekendriya, &c.) are used, but each of these is subdivided into two classes, Paryāptā and Aparyāptā, according as they have or have not all the Paryāpti. There are six of these paryāpti : āhāra, the seed of life; śarīra, the body; indriya, the senses; śvāsoċċhvāsa, breathing; bhāṣā, speech; and mana,” intellect; and in this order the Jaina believe the jiva develops them as it passes by transmigratior from life to life. The Sthānakavāsi say pink.
? Sanskrit manas.