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________________ Shri Mahavir Jain Aradhana Kendra www.kobatirth.org Acharya Shri Kailashsagarsuri Gyanmandir Sankhya possible according to the Samkhya system only by knowledge and by no other action. The soul is inert and passive. It does not even transmigrate. For the sake of transmigration and to effect rebirth, the Samakhya has made provision of the subtle body or the linga or Sūksma s'arīra. The subtle body is hidden in the gross body. The gross body disappears at the death of an individual and the subtle body, the lingadeha, that migrates from one gross body to another gross body in the successive births, is composed of buddhi, aha nkāra, and manas, the five organs of perceptions and the five organs of action, the five tanmātras and some rudiments of gross elements which serve as the seed of another physical body In the lingadeha or the subtle body, are accumulated the results of the past deeds. The subtle body carries with it the sanskaras and dispositions to the successive birth which is predetermined by them. The subtle body persists as long as the sanskaras or the results of past deeds are not fully exhausted. While commenting upon the 37th Kárikā it is said "In order, however, to be placed in circumstances leading to such enjoyment or suffering, generated body is necessary; and therefore, subtle body migrates, samsarati, goes from one body to another continually; hence the world is called samsāra, migration or revolution. “Through the influence of intellect the whole of subtle body is affected by dispositions and conditions, in the same manner as a garment is perfumed from contact For Private And Personal
SR No.020053
Book Titletman_and_moksa
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorG N Joshi
PublisherGujarat University
Publication Year1965
Total Pages901
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size12 MB
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