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01 ►INTRODUCTION
Introduction
An Outline of Āgamic Literature
Tattva Mīmānsā (Jain Metaphysics - A Critical Probe)
Ātma Mīmāṃsā - (Soul - A Critical Probe)
Karma Mīmāṃsā - Doctrine of Karma - A Critical Probe
Ācāra Mīmānsā - Ethics - A Critical Probe
Exposition of other Philosophies in Jain Āgamas
Survey of Critical Studies done on Jain Āgamas
Western Scholars
Indian Scholars
02 ►AN OUTLINE OF ĀGAMA LITERATURE
Definition of Āgama (Canonical Literature)
Origin of Jain Āgamas
Āgama Vācanā (Synods)
First Pātaliputra Vācana (Synod held at Pataliputra city)
Second Vācanā
Third Mathuri Vācanā
Fourth Vācanā
Fifth Vācanā
Gradual Wane of Āgamas
Classification of Āgama
Pūrva Literature
Aṅga Praviṣṭa and Aṅgabāhya
Ācārāṅga
Structure and Contents
Chapters of Ācārāṅga
Lost Chapter - Mahāparijñā
Philosophical Contents in Ācārāṅga
Importance of Ācārāṅga
Relevance of Ācārāṅga
Style of Composition
Author and Period of Composition
Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Sūtrakṛtāṅga and Anuyoga
Sūtrakṛtāṅga: Structure and Contents
Philosophical Contents in Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Relevance of Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Style of Composition
Author and Time of Composition
Sthānāṅga
Samavāyāṅga
Vyākhyāprajñapti
Structure and Contents
Philosophical Facts
Style of Composition
Author and Period of Composition
Jñātādharmakathā
Upāsakadaśā
Antakṛddaśā
Anuttaropapātīkādaśā
Praśnavyākaraṇā
Vipākasūtra
Dṛṣṭivāda
Aṅgabāhya Āgama (Auxiliary canonical works)
Mūla Sūtra
Cheda Sūtras
Numbers of Āgama Literature
Author of Āgamas
Parameters of Approvability of Āgamas
Authenticity of Āgamas
Classification of Āgamas in Anuyoga
Language of Āgama
Commentary Literature on Āgamas
Āgamas Approved by Digambara tradition
Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama
Kaṣāyaprābhṛta
Modern day Editing, Translation and Commentaries on Jain Āgamas
03 ►TATTVA MĪMĀNSĀ [Metaphysics- A Critical Probe]
Anekānt constituted in Tripadī
Nayavāda: Base for the Concept of Valid Cognition
Reflections on Five Types of Knowledge
Metaphysics
Non-Absolutism and Realism
Dualism in Jain Philosophy
Ultimate Cause of the Universe
Investigation for the Ultimate Cause of Universe in Vedas
Ultimate Cause of Universe in Upaniṣads
Opinion of Greek Philosophers
Concept of Universe in Jain Āgamas
Existence of the Cosmos and Trans – Cosmos
Structure of Cosmos and Trans-cosmos in Jain philosophy
Sustaining Strata of Cosmos
Universal Laws in World Order
Constituents of Cosmos as per the Jain Philosophy
Original Conception of Lord Mahavira
Pradeśa and Atom
Astikāyas with Pradeśa
Analysis on the term 'Astikāya'
Nature of Astikāya
Concept of Astikāya in Bhagavatī
All Pervasiveness of Astikāya
Difference in the Nature of 'Astikāya'
Dharmāstikāya - Adharmāstikāya
Pragmatic Value of dharma-adharma
Eight Central Points of Four Astikāyas
Why Soul and Matter Move Only in Cosmic Space
Comparison between Dharmāstikāya and Adharmāstikāya
Synonymous Terms
Natural Bond among Pradeśas of Dharmāstikāya etc.
Akāśāstikāya (Space i.e. Medium of Accommodation)
Pudgalāstikāya (Matter)
Cause of the Transformation in the Matter
Atom - with Unit or Unitless
Rule of Transformation of Matter
Disintegration of atoms
Two Types of Substances - Massless and with Mass
Transformation in Matter
Perceptivity in Matter
Types of Transformation in Matter
Matter Transformed by Conscious Effort
Bondage through Conscious Exertion and Natural Bondage
Motion of Atom
Mind and Speech is Material
Process of Hearing the sound
Motion of Soul and Matter in Anuśreṇī
Consumable and the Consumer
Tamaskāya and Kṛṣṇarājī
Time (Substance)
Atoms of Time
Vertical Expansion of Time
Divisions of Time
Transcendental and Empirical Time
04 ►ĀTMA MĪMĀNSĀ [Soul-A Critical probe]
Nature of Soul
Types of Soul
Area of Application of Language
Concept of Soul: Ācārāṅga and Upaniṣad
'Netivāda' in the Explanation of Soul
Eternality of Soul
Soul is One
Ātmādvaita in Ācārāṅga
Discussion on the Concept of Soul: Ācārāṅga and Samayasāra
Analysis of Soul - Empirical and Transcendental Naya
Extended Idea of Ācārāṅga's Netivāda in Samayasāra
Soul: Bondage and Salvation
Six Classes of Living Beings (Ṣaḍjīvanikāya)
Pṛthvīkāya (Earth Bodied Beings)
Apkāya (Water bodied beings)
Tejaskāya (Fire-Bodied Beings)
Vāyukāya (Air bodied being)
Vanaspatikāya (Vegetation Body)
Sthāvara (Five Immobile Beings): Animate or Inanimate (Living or Non-Living)
Trasaprāṇī (Mobile Beings)
Trasa and Sthāvara (Mobile and Immobile beings)
Ṣaḍjīvanikāya: Trasa and Sthāvara
Āgamic conception for the division of Trasa and Sthāvara
Relation of Physique and Knowledge
Nature, Cognition and Characteristics of Jīva
Constituents of Soul
Jīvāstikāya and Jīva
Body Pervasiveness of the Soul
Philosophy - On the size of soul
05 ►KARMA MĪMĀNSĀ (DOCTRINE OF KARMA - A Critical Probe)
Root of Diversity - Karma
Relation of Soul and Karma
Relation: Material or Non-Material
Similarity between Soul and Matter
Difference-cum- Identity between Soul and Body
Nature of Relation
Covering of Karma over the Soul
Doer of Karma
Causes of Karmic Bondage
Post Canonical Literature - Causes of Bondage
Internal and External Causes of Karmic Bondage
Karmic Bondage in Sleep and While Awakening
Cause of Karmic Bondage: Non-restraint
Process of Bondage
Experiencing of the Fruition of Karma
Rules for Karmic Fruition
Āśrava - Cause of influx of Karma
Bondage: Intermediate State between Existence Āśrava and Nirjarā
States of Karma
General Law in the Karma Theory
Nirjarā (Elimination of no-karma)
Calita and Acalita Karma (Arisen and dormant karma)
Reception of Karmic Matter Present over the Units of Soul
Similarity and Difference in Karmic Bondage
Karma Bondage: Intense or Mild Adhyavasāya
Analysis of Kankṣā Mohanīya (View-deluding Inclination)
Fifty Two Names of Deluding Karmas
Bondage of Life Span Karma - When and How?
How Many Karmas are Bound at a Time?
Karma Bondage and Guṇasthāna (14 stages of spiritual development)
Supportive Causes of the Bondage of Eight Karmas
Probation Periods of Karma
Different Causes of Fruition of Karma
Īryāpathikī and Sāmparāyikī kriyā
Relativity of Experience of Karma
Experience and Dissociation of Karmas
Causal Actions for Bondage of Karma and Liberation
Materiality of Karma
Theory of Karma and Rebirth
Rebirth in Different Indian Philosophies
Concept of Rebirth in Western Thinking
Concept of Rebirth in the Field of Science
Basis for Rebirth
Ways of Knowing Previous Births
Causes of Pre-birth Memory
Causes of Rebirth
Elimination of Doubts regarding the Soul through the Memory of the Past life
State of Birth in Post Death Condition
Accompaniment of Knowledge, Faith etc. to the Next Birth
Negation of Transition of Enlightened Conduct and Austerities
Life-Determining Karma and Rebirth
Automated System of Rebirth
Motion of Liberated Soul
Definition of Conduct
Nature of Conduct
Conduct is contextual to Location and Time
Knowledge and Conduct
Foundation of Conduct-Self Realization
Ratnatraya (Three Jewels) : Path to Salvation
Types of Conduct
Jñānācāra (Conduct-qua-knowledge)
Darśanācāra (Conduct-qua-Faith)
Cāritrācāra: (Conduct-qua-Abstinence)
Tapācāra: (Conduct qua Penance)
Viryācāra: (Conduct qua Spiritual Energy)
Practice of Dhuta (Shaking off)
Primacy of Shunning off of Karma
Practice of Yogic Posture (Remaining in a Particular Posture)
Practice of Pratimā (Intensive Course of Austere Practices)
Purification : Gateway to Salvation
Asoccā Kevalī (Aśrutvā kevalīj- Spontaneous Omniscient on Account of Intense Purity of the Soul
Kriyāvāda
Activity and Abstinence
Main Causes of Violence
Main Constituent of Conduct : Non Possession (Aparigraha)
Significance of Jain Conduct
Essence of Knowledge is Non-violence
Acceptance of non-duality of Soul
07 ►EXPOSITION OF OTHER PHILOSOPHIES IN JAIN ĀGAMAS
Concept of Samavasaraṇa in the Context of Philosophical Thinking
Kriyāvāda
Akriyāvāda
Ajñānavāda - Believers in Uselessness of Knowledge
Vinayavāda (Believers in Modesty)
Basis of Nine Realities
Explanation of Samavasarana in the Bhagavatī
Samyakdṛṣṭi and Kriyāvāda
Different Philosophical Beliefs Contemporary to Mahavira
Pañcabhūtavāda
Tajjīva-Taccharīravāda
Ekātmavāda
Akārakavāda
Ātmaṣaṣṭhavāda
Kṣaṇikavāda (Fluxism)
Concept of Soul in Jainism
Determinism (Destiny)
Karmopacaya (Accumulation of Karma)
Problem of the Universe
Creation by Pradhāna
Glossary[A]
Glossary[B-H]
Glossary[I-M]
Glossary[N-R]
Glossary[S-V]
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SAMANI MANGAL PRAGYA
Philosophy In Jain Agams
Author:
Dr. Samani Mangal Pragya
Published: 02.12.2018
Updated: 26.08.2019
Contents
00 ►Preliminaries
Blessings
Foreword
Prelude
Acknowledgment
Acknowledgement for Translator
Translator's Note
01 ►INTRODUCTION
Introduction
An Outline of Āgamic Literature
Tattva Mīmānsā (Jain Metaphysics - A Critical Probe)
Ātma Mīmāṃsā - (Soul - A Critical Probe)
Karma Mīmāṃsā - Doctrine of Karma - A Critical Probe
Ācāra Mīmānsā - Ethics - A Critical Probe
Exposition of other Philosophies in Jain Āgamas
Survey of Critical Studies done on Jain Āgamas
Western Scholars
Indian Scholars
02 ►AN OUTLINE OF ĀGAMA LITERATURE
Definition of Āgama (Canonical Literature)
Origin of Jain Āgamas
Āgama Vācanā (Synods)
First Pātaliputra Vācana (Synod held at Pataliputra city)
Second Vācanā
Third Mathuri Vācanā
Fourth Vācanā
Fifth Vācanā
Gradual Wane of Āgamas
Classification of Āgama
Pūrva Literature
Aṅga Praviṣṭa and Aṅgabāhya
Ācārāṅga
Structure and Contents
Chapters of Ācārāṅga
Lost Chapter - Mahāparijñā
Philosophical Contents in Ācārāṅga
Importance of Ācārāṅga
Relevance of Ācārāṅga
Style of Composition
Author and Period of Composition
Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Sūtrakṛtāṅga and Anuyoga
Sūtrakṛtāṅga: Structure and Contents
Philosophical Contents in Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Relevance of Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Style of Composition
Author and Time of Composition
Sthānāṅga
Samavāyāṅga
Vyākhyāprajñapti
Structure and Contents
Philosophical Facts
Style of Composition
Author and Period of Composition
Jñātādharmakathā
Upāsakadaśā
Antakṛddaśā
Anuttaropapātīkādaśā
Praśnavyākaraṇā
Vipākasūtra
Dṛṣṭivāda
Aṅgabāhya Āgama (Auxiliary canonical works)
Mūla Sūtra
Cheda Sūtras
Numbers of Āgama Literature
Author of Āgamas
Parameters of Approvability of Āgamas
Authenticity of Āgamas
Classification of Āgamas in Anuyoga
Language of Āgama
Commentary Literature on Āgamas
Āgamas Approved by Digambara tradition
Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama
Kaṣāyaprābhṛta
Modern day Editing, Translation and Commentaries on Jain Āgamas
03 ►TATTVA MĪMĀNSĀ [Metaphysics- A Critical Probe]
Anekānt constituted in Tripadī
Nayavāda: Base for the Concept of Valid Cognition
Reflections on Five Types of Knowledge
Metaphysics
Non-Absolutism and Realism
Dualism in Jain Philosophy
Ultimate Cause of the Universe
Investigation for the Ultimate Cause of Universe in Vedas
Ultimate Cause of Universe in Upaniṣads
Opinion of Greek Philosophers
Concept of Universe in Jain Āgamas
Existence of the Cosmos and Trans – Cosmos
Structure of Cosmos and Trans-cosmos in Jain philosophy
Sustaining Strata of Cosmos
Universal Laws in World Order
Constituents of Cosmos as per the Jain Philosophy
Original Conception of Lord Mahavira
Pradeśa and Atom
Astikāyas with Pradeśa
Analysis on the term 'Astikāya'
Nature of Astikāya
Concept of Astikāya in Bhagavatī
All Pervasiveness of Astikāya
Difference in the Nature of 'Astikāya'
Dharmāstikāya - Adharmāstikāya
Pragmatic Value of dharma-adharma
Eight Central Points of Four Astikāyas
Why Soul and Matter Move Only in Cosmic Space
Comparison between Dharmāstikāya and Adharmāstikāya
Synonymous Terms
Natural Bond among Pradeśas of Dharmāstikāya etc.
Akāśāstikāya (Space i.e. Medium of Accommodation)
Pudgalāstikāya (Matter)
Cause of the Transformation in the Matter
Atom - with Unit or Unitless
Rule of Transformation of Matter
Disintegration of atoms
Two Types of Substances - Massless and with Mass
Transformation in Matter
Perceptivity in Matter
Types of Transformation in Matter
Matter Transformed by Conscious Effort
Bondage through Conscious Exertion and Natural Bondage
Motion of Atom
Mind and Speech is Material
Process of Hearing the sound
Motion of Soul and Matter in Anuśreṇī
Consumable and the Consumer
Tamaskāya and Kṛṣṇarājī
Time (Substance)
Atoms of Time
Vertical Expansion of Time
Divisions of Time
Transcendental and Empirical Time
04 ►ĀTMA MĪMĀNSĀ [Soul-A Critical probe]
Nature of Soul
Types of Soul
Area of Application of Language
Concept of Soul: Ācārāṅga and Upaniṣad
'Netivāda' in the Explanation of Soul
Eternality of Soul
Soul is One
Ātmādvaita in Ācārāṅga
Discussion on the Concept of Soul: Ācārāṅga and Samayasāra
Analysis of Soul - Empirical and Transcendental Naya
Extended Idea of Ācārāṅga's Netivāda in Samayasāra
Soul: Bondage and Salvation
Six Classes of Living Beings (Ṣaḍjīvanikāya)
Pṛthvīkāya (Earth Bodied Beings)
Apkāya (Water bodied beings)
Tejaskāya (Fire-Bodied Beings)
Vāyukāya (Air bodied being)
Vanaspatikāya (Vegetation Body)
Sthāvara (Five Immobile Beings): Animate or Inanimate (Living or Non-Living)
Trasaprāṇī (Mobile Beings)
Trasa and Sthāvara (Mobile and Immobile beings)
Ṣaḍjīvanikāya: Trasa and Sthāvara
Āgamic conception for the division of Trasa and Sthāvara
Relation of Physique and Knowledge
Nature, Cognition and Characteristics of Jīva
Constituents of Soul
Jīvāstikāya and Jīva
Body Pervasiveness of the Soul
Philosophy - On the size of soul
05 ►KARMA MĪMĀNSĀ (DOCTRINE OF KARMA - A Critical Probe)
Root of Diversity - Karma
Relation of Soul and Karma
Relation: Material or Non-Material
Similarity between Soul and Matter
Difference-cum- Identity between Soul and Body
Nature of Relation
Covering of Karma over the Soul
Doer of Karma
Causes of Karmic Bondage
Post Canonical Literature - Causes of Bondage
Internal and External Causes of Karmic Bondage
Karmic Bondage in Sleep and While Awakening
Cause of Karmic Bondage: Non-restraint
Process of Bondage
Experiencing of the Fruition of Karma
Rules for Karmic Fruition
Āśrava - Cause of influx of Karma
Bondage: Intermediate State between Existence Āśrava and Nirjarā
States of Karma
General Law in the Karma Theory
Nirjarā (Elimination of no-karma)
Calita and Acalita Karma (Arisen and dormant karma)
Reception of Karmic Matter Present over the Units of Soul
Similarity and Difference in Karmic Bondage
Karma Bondage: Intense or Mild Adhyavasāya
Analysis of Kankṣā Mohanīya (View-deluding Inclination)
Fifty Two Names of Deluding Karmas
Bondage of Life Span Karma - When and How?
How Many Karmas are Bound at a Time?
Karma Bondage and Guṇasthāna (14 stages of spiritual development)
Supportive Causes of the Bondage of Eight Karmas
Probation Periods of Karma
Different Causes of Fruition of Karma
Īryāpathikī and Sāmparāyikī kriyā
Relativity of Experience of Karma
Experience and Dissociation of Karmas
Causal Actions for Bondage of Karma and Liberation
Materiality of Karma
Theory of Karma and Rebirth
Rebirth in Different Indian Philosophies
Concept of Rebirth in Western Thinking
Concept of Rebirth in the Field of Science
Basis for Rebirth
Ways of Knowing Previous Births
Causes of Pre-birth Memory
Causes of Rebirth
Elimination of Doubts regarding the Soul through the Memory of the Past life
State of Birth in Post Death Condition
Accompaniment of Knowledge, Faith etc. to the Next Birth
Negation of Transition of Enlightened Conduct and Austerities
Life-Determining Karma and Rebirth
Automated System of Rebirth
Motion of Liberated Soul
06 ►ĀCĀRĀ MIMĀNSĀ [Ethics - A Critical Probe]]
Definition of Conduct
Nature of Conduct
Conduct is contextual to Location and Time
Knowledge and Conduct
Foundation of Conduct-Self Realization
Ratnatraya (Three Jewels) : Path to Salvation
Types of Conduct
Jñānācāra (Conduct-qua-knowledge)
Darśanācāra (Conduct-qua-Faith)
Cāritrācāra: (Conduct-qua-Abstinence)
Tapācāra: (Conduct qua Penance)
Viryācāra: (Conduct qua Spiritual Energy)
Practice of Dhuta (Shaking off)
Primacy of Shunning off of Karma
Practice of Yogic Posture (Remaining in a Particular Posture)
Practice of Pratimā (Intensive Course of Austere Practices)
Purification : Gateway to Salvation
Asoccā Kevalī (Aśrutvā kevalīj- Spontaneous Omniscient on Account of Intense Purity of the Soul
Kriyāvāda
Activity and Abstinence
Main Causes of Violence
Main Constituent of Conduct : Non Possession (Aparigraha)
Significance of Jain Conduct
Essence of Knowledge is Non-violence
Acceptance of non-duality of Soul
07 ►EXPOSITION OF OTHER PHILOSOPHIES IN JAIN ĀGAMAS
Concept of Samavasaraṇa in the Context of Philosophical Thinking
Kriyāvāda
Akriyāvāda
Ajñānavāda - Believers in Uselessness of Knowledge
Vinayavāda (Believers in Modesty)
Basis of Nine Realities
Explanation of Samavasarana in the Bhagavatī
Samyakdṛṣṭi and Kriyāvāda
Different Philosophical Beliefs Contemporary to Mahavira
Pañcabhūtavāda
Tajjīva-Taccharīravāda
Ekātmavāda
Akārakavāda
Ātmaṣaṣṭhavāda
Kṣaṇikavāda (Fluxism)
Concept of Soul in Jainism
Determinism (Destiny)
Karmopacaya (Accumulation of Karma)
Problem of the Universe
Creation by Pradhāna
GLOSSARY
Glossary[A]
Glossary[B-H]
Glossary[I-M]
Glossary[N-R]
Glossary[S-V]
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SAMANI MANGAL PRAGYA
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Table Of Content
Table of Content
Blessings
Foreword
Prelude
Acknowledgment
Acknowledgement for Translator
Translator's Note
01 ►INTRODUCTION
Introduction
An Outline of Āgamic Literature
Tattva Mīmānsā (Jain Metaphysics - A Critical Probe)
Ātma Mīmāṃsā - (Soul - A Critical Probe)
Karma Mīmāṃsā - Doctrine of Karma - A Critical Probe
Ācāra Mīmānsā - Ethics - A Critical Probe
Exposition of other Philosophies in Jain Āgamas
Survey of Critical Studies done on Jain Āgamas
Western Scholars
Indian Scholars
02 ►AN OUTLINE OF ĀGAMA LITERATURE
Definition of Āgama (Canonical Literature)
Origin of Jain Āgamas
Āgama Vācanā (Synods)
First Pātaliputra Vācana (Synod held at Pataliputra city)
Second Vācanā
Third Mathuri Vācanā
Fourth Vācanā
Fifth Vācanā
Gradual Wane of Āgamas
Classification of Āgama
Pūrva Literature
Aṅga Praviṣṭa and Aṅgabāhya
Ācārāṅga
Structure and Contents
Chapters of Ācārāṅga
Lost Chapter - Mahāparijñā
Philosophical Contents in Ācārāṅga
Importance of Ācārāṅga
Relevance of Ācārāṅga
Style of Composition
Author and Period of Composition
Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Sūtrakṛtāṅga and Anuyoga
Sūtrakṛtāṅga: Structure and Contents
Philosophical Contents in Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Relevance of Sūtrakṛtāṅga
Style of Composition
Author and Time of Composition
Sthānāṅga
Samavāyāṅga
Vyākhyāprajñapti
Structure and Contents
Philosophical Facts
Style of Composition
Author and Period of Composition
Jñātādharmakathā
Upāsakadaśā
Antakṛddaśā
Anuttaropapātīkādaśā
Praśnavyākaraṇā
Vipākasūtra
Dṛṣṭivāda
Aṅgabāhya Āgama (Auxiliary canonical works)
Mūla Sūtra
Cheda Sūtras
Numbers of Āgama Literature
Author of Āgamas
Parameters of Approvability of Āgamas
Authenticity of Āgamas
Classification of Āgamas in Anuyoga
Language of Āgama
Commentary Literature on Āgamas
Āgamas Approved by Digambara tradition
Ṣaṭkhaṇḍāgama
Kaṣāyaprābhṛta
Modern day Editing, Translation and Commentaries on Jain Āgamas
03 ►TATTVA MĪMĀNSĀ [Metaphysics- A Critical Probe]
Anekānt constituted in Tripadī
Nayavāda: Base for the Concept of Valid Cognition
Reflections on Five Types of Knowledge
Metaphysics
Non-Absolutism and Realism
Dualism in Jain Philosophy
Ultimate Cause of the Universe
Investigation for the Ultimate Cause of Universe in Vedas
Ultimate Cause of Universe in Upaniṣads
Opinion of Greek Philosophers
Concept of Universe in Jain Āgamas
Existence of the Cosmos and Trans – Cosmos
Structure of Cosmos and Trans-cosmos in Jain philosophy
Sustaining Strata of Cosmos
Universal Laws in World Order
Constituents of Cosmos as per the Jain Philosophy
Original Conception of Lord Mahavira
Pradeśa and Atom
Astikāyas with Pradeśa
Analysis on the term 'Astikāya'
Nature of Astikāya
Concept of Astikāya in Bhagavatī
All Pervasiveness of Astikāya
Difference in the Nature of 'Astikāya'
Dharmāstikāya - Adharmāstikāya
Pragmatic Value of dharma-adharma
Eight Central Points of Four Astikāyas
Why Soul and Matter Move Only in Cosmic Space
Comparison between Dharmāstikāya and Adharmāstikāya
Synonymous Terms
Natural Bond among Pradeśas of Dharmāstikāya etc.
Akāśāstikāya (Space i.e. Medium of Accommodation)
Pudgalāstikāya (Matter)
Cause of the Transformation in the Matter
Atom - with Unit or Unitless
Rule of Transformation of Matter
Disintegration of atoms
Two Types of Substances - Massless and with Mass
Transformation in Matter
Perceptivity in Matter
Types of Transformation in Matter
Matter Transformed by Conscious Effort
Bondage through Conscious Exertion and Natural Bondage
Motion of Atom
Mind and Speech is Material
Process of Hearing the sound
Motion of Soul and Matter in Anuśreṇī
Consumable and the Consumer
Tamaskāya and Kṛṣṇarājī
Time (Substance)
Atoms of Time
Vertical Expansion of Time
Divisions of Time
Transcendental and Empirical Time
04 ►ĀTMA MĪMĀNSĀ [Soul-A Critical probe]
Nature of Soul
Types of Soul
Area of Application of Language
Concept of Soul: Ācārāṅga and Upaniṣad
'Netivāda' in the Explanation of Soul
Eternality of Soul
Soul is One
Ātmādvaita in Ācārāṅga
Discussion on the Concept of Soul: Ācārāṅga and Samayasāra
Analysis of Soul - Empirical and Transcendental Naya
Extended Idea of Ācārāṅga's Netivāda in Samayasāra
Soul: Bondage and Salvation
Six Classes of Living Beings (Ṣaḍjīvanikāya)
Pṛthvīkāya (Earth Bodied Beings)
Apkāya (Water bodied beings)
Tejaskāya (Fire-Bodied Beings)
Vāyukāya (Air bodied being)
Vanaspatikāya (Vegetation Body)
Sthāvara (Five Immobile Beings): Animate or Inanimate (Living or Non-Living)
Trasaprāṇī (Mobile Beings)
Trasa and Sthāvara (Mobile and Immobile beings)
Ṣaḍjīvanikāya: Trasa and Sthāvara
Āgamic conception for the division of Trasa and Sthāvara
Relation of Physique and Knowledge
Nature, Cognition and Characteristics of Jīva
Constituents of Soul
Jīvāstikāya and Jīva
Body Pervasiveness of the Soul
Philosophy - On the size of soul
05 ►KARMA MĪMĀNSĀ (DOCTRINE OF KARMA - A Critical Probe)
Root of Diversity - Karma
Relation of Soul and Karma
Relation: Material or Non-Material
Similarity between Soul and Matter
Difference-cum- Identity between Soul and Body
Nature of Relation
Covering of Karma over the Soul
Doer of Karma
Causes of Karmic Bondage
Post Canonical Literature - Causes of Bondage
Internal and External Causes of Karmic Bondage
Karmic Bondage in Sleep and While Awakening
Cause of Karmic Bondage: Non-restraint
Process of Bondage
Experiencing of the Fruition of Karma
Rules for Karmic Fruition
Āśrava - Cause of influx of Karma
Bondage: Intermediate State between Existence Āśrava and Nirjarā
States of Karma
General Law in the Karma Theory
Nirjarā (Elimination of no-karma)
Calita and Acalita Karma (Arisen and dormant karma)
Reception of Karmic Matter Present over the Units of Soul
Similarity and Difference in Karmic Bondage
Karma Bondage: Intense or Mild Adhyavasāya
Analysis of Kankṣā Mohanīya (View-deluding Inclination)
Fifty Two Names of Deluding Karmas
Bondage of Life Span Karma - When and How?
How Many Karmas are Bound at a Time?
Karma Bondage and Guṇasthāna (14 stages of spiritual development)
Supportive Causes of the Bondage of Eight Karmas
Probation Periods of Karma
Different Causes of Fruition of Karma
Īryāpathikī and Sāmparāyikī kriyā
Relativity of Experience of Karma
Experience and Dissociation of Karmas
Causal Actions for Bondage of Karma and Liberation
Materiality of Karma
Theory of Karma and Rebirth
Rebirth in Different Indian Philosophies
Concept of Rebirth in Western Thinking
Concept of Rebirth in the Field of Science
Basis for Rebirth
Ways of Knowing Previous Births
Causes of Pre-birth Memory
Causes of Rebirth
Elimination of Doubts regarding the Soul through the Memory of the Past life
State of Birth in Post Death Condition
Accompaniment of Knowledge, Faith etc. to the Next Birth
Negation of Transition of Enlightened Conduct and Austerities
Life-Determining Karma and Rebirth
Automated System of Rebirth
Motion of Liberated Soul
Definition of Conduct
Nature of Conduct
Conduct is contextual to Location and Time
Knowledge and Conduct
Foundation of Conduct-Self Realization
Ratnatraya (Three Jewels) : Path to Salvation
Types of Conduct
Jñānācāra (Conduct-qua-knowledge)
Darśanācāra (Conduct-qua-Faith)
Cāritrācāra: (Conduct-qua-Abstinence)
Tapācāra: (Conduct qua Penance)
Viryācāra: (Conduct qua Spiritual Energy)
Practice of Dhuta (Shaking off)
Primacy of Shunning off of Karma
Practice of Yogic Posture (Remaining in a Particular Posture)
Practice of Pratimā (Intensive Course of Austere Practices)
Purification : Gateway to Salvation
Asoccā Kevalī (Aśrutvā kevalīj- Spontaneous Omniscient on Account of Intense Purity of the Soul
Kriyāvāda
Activity and Abstinence
Main Causes of Violence
Main Constituent of Conduct : Non Possession (Aparigraha)
Significance of Jain Conduct
Essence of Knowledge is Non-violence
Acceptance of non-duality of Soul
07 ►EXPOSITION OF OTHER PHILOSOPHIES IN JAIN ĀGAMAS
Concept of Samavasaraṇa in the Context of Philosophical Thinking
Kriyāvāda
Akriyāvāda
Ajñānavāda - Believers in Uselessness of Knowledge
Vinayavāda (Believers in Modesty)
Basis of Nine Realities
Explanation of Samavasarana in the Bhagavatī
Samyakdṛṣṭi and Kriyāvāda
Different Philosophical Beliefs Contemporary to Mahavira
Pañcabhūtavāda
Tajjīva-Taccharīravāda
Ekātmavāda
Akārakavāda
Ātmaṣaṣṭhavāda
Kṣaṇikavāda (Fluxism)
Concept of Soul in Jainism
Determinism (Destiny)
Karmopacaya (Accumulation of Karma)
Problem of the Universe
Creation by Pradhāna
Glossary[A]
Glossary[B-H]
Glossary[I-M]
Glossary[N-R]
Glossary[S-V]
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SAMANI MANGAL PRAGYA
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