230812 4 LEVELS OF INTENSITY of the 4 PASSIONS - 3 month check - acting against CONSCIENCE.xlsx
The Goal in Jain Yoga is attaining the stage of a sayogī kevalī, at which stage the four passions with its four subtypes are completely destroyed. This list helps to check the own possition within the five stages of Jain Yoga for the first stage there is an introduction course for the second stage, the membership is possible https://www.om-arham.org/blog/view/13373/yogad%E1%B9%9B%E1%B9%A3%E1%B9%ADisamuccaya-by-haribhadra-suri.
Haribhadrasūri explains the simile of the moon-light covered by the clouds. He says that the clouds are like four destructive karmans namely jñānāvaraṇīya,[1] darśanāvaraṇīya,[2] mohanīya[3] and antarāya.[4] When the subject in question finished climbing of the śreṇi, he obtains omniscient knowledge by destroying four destructive karmans.[5] The omniscient one has completely destroyed four passions viz. anger, pride, deceit and greediness each with its four sub-types. Hence he has won victory over vices attachment (rāga) as well as aversion (dveṣa). Therefore, at this stage he is called vītarāga. At this stage the subject in question, who is a sayogī kevalī,[6] has closed four doors of the inflow of karmans (āśrava)[7] namely wrong faith,[8] non-abstinence,[9] negligence[10] and passion.[11]
[1] TECHNICAL TERM:
jñānāvaraṇīya-karma is the veil round the pure consciousness. It is of five kinds:
1. mati- jñānāvaraṇīya-karma; sensitive knowledge obscuring
2. śruta- jñānāvaraṇīya-karma; scriptural knowledge obscuring
3. avadhi- jñānāvaraṇīya-karma; visual knowledge obscuring
4. manaḥparyāya-jñānāvaraṇīya (mental or mindreading knowledge obscuring);
5. kevala-jñānāvaraṇīya (perfect knowledge obscuring)
It is declared by the Omniscient that the psychic states corresponding to wrong belief, wrong knowledge, non-discipline, and psycho-physical activity are the causes of karma such as jñānāvaraṇīya, cf. Saṁvara [part 242] https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/901966273194971.
[Question] What causes knowledge and cognition obscuring karmic matter?
[Answer] Depreciation of those who are learnt in the Scriptures, obscuring knowledge, envy, jealousy, denying granting knowledge out of envy, HINDERING of the progress of knowledge, to deny the truth propounded through another through body and speech, to disprove truth, although it is known to be such, cf. Saṁvara [part 476] note 14 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/981186891939575/?comment_id=981190401939224.
[2] Darśanāvaraṇīya (faith-obscuring or perception-obscuring) karma is that which corrupts the faculty of perception and also of belief. It is of nine kinds:
1. Cakṣur-darśanāvaraṇīya - that which obscures the physical sight, which is perception by means of the eyes.
2. A-cakṣur-darśanāvaraṇīya – that which obscures other kinds of perception (by means of the other senses without the sense of sight).
3. A-vadhi-darśanāvaraṇīya – that which obscures perception of the past.
4. Kēvala-darśanāvaraṇīya – that which obscures full perception.
5. Nidrā darśanāvaraṇīya – that condition of sleepiness which obscures perception [that jīva (soul) and ajiva (body) are two entities and that the existence of vipula-manaḥparyāya-jñāna and kevala-jñāna is a reality].
6. Nidrā-nidrā darśanāvaraṇīya – condition of heavy sleep which obscures perception.
7. Pracalā darśanāvaraṇīya – condition of restless sleep which obscures perception.
8. Pracalā-pracalā darśanāvaraṇīya – condition in which sleep is very restless, and which obscures perception.
9. Stānyaradhi darśanāvaraṇīya – somnambulistic condition in which there is hardly any perception of the acts done.
Getting rid of darśanāvaraṇīya karma is the spiritual development towards riju- and vipula-manaḥparyāya-jñāna and with latter even immortality within this life. For the knowledge with which efforts to get this goal cf. ‘Jñāna vinaya (viṇao) tapa [part 394]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/713676248690642.
[3] Mohanīya karma is a sort of spiritual intoxication interfering with cognition and will. It is of 28 kinds, for the details see Saṁvara [part 3948] notes 5a-e inclusively links https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/3332941146764126/?comment_id=3332950223429885. The procedure how to get rid of them is given in Kaṣāya-Pāhuḍa, cf. ‘Saṁvara [part 332]’ ff., https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/944069588984639 with the list of the three phases of karmas, https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/923252111066387.
[4] Antarāya karma is the frustration of the useful efforts of righteously minded persons. It is of 5 kinds. For details in context of the above, see ‘Saṁvara [part 629]’ note 14 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/1029775767080687/?comment_id=1029777157080548 see also
‘Saṁvara [part 720]’ note 9 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/1106384289419834/?comment_id=1106393212752275.
the abundance of antarāya karma in the story of Brāhmin Soma is stated being ‘on account of the predominance of his aśātā vēdanīya karma (of suffering miseries), on account of the failure of his all-human efforts and on account of his adverse Fate,’ and bears as its fruit ‘the demon of False Hopes’, cf. ‘Saṁvara [part 1065]’ sutra 117 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/142519674420525.
This corresponds to the 21st 'suffering' related to his failure, or more specifically, the 21st of the 22 hardships:
"Even though I live by strict rules in the exercise of restrictions and religious observances, the obstacles to knowledge still will not subside." S. Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, page 14, lecture 2, verse 43 https://sacred-texts.com/jai/sbe45/sbe4504.htm#page_14.
[5] ghātikama -jñānāvaraṇīyādi, tadyathā-jñānāvaraṇīya,ṃ daśarnāvarṇīya,ṃ mohanīyam, antarāyaṃ ceti |
etadabhrakalpaṃ vatarte | tad - ghātikarma, ..., yadā'paiti śreṇiparisamāptau, tadā śrīmānasau mukhyavikramayogena jāyate jñānake valī sarvajña ityarthaḥ || 184 ||
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[6] 13thGuṇasthāna OMNISCIENCE IN THE EMBODIED CONDITION (SAYOGA-KEVALĪ)
This is the stage of an arhat or tīrthaṅkara. Here the self is possessed of body and yoga. Of the five conditions of bondage, the first four are completely destroyed but the yogic activities remain. The self attains omniscience and it remains in this stage for at least one antarmuhūrta (48 minutes) and not more than a pūrvakoṭi (1 koṭi = 10 millions 1 pūrva = 7056 x 1010 years; = 71’265’600’000’000 years https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/916066798451585/?comment_id=916072851784313).
This stage can be compared to the stage of jīvanmukti of other systems of Indian thought. Cf. (4) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Saṁvara [part 3612] | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/3222871567771085/?comment_id=3222896951101880.
[7] Āśrava (inflow) of karmas. There are two divisions 1. dravya-āśrava and 2. bhāva-āśrava. for more details cf. Saṁvara [part 235] note 4 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/900992203292378/?comment_id=900992626625669, there are 5 āśrava-dvara-s, see Saṁvara [part 6-93] https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/868075586584040, and there are 42 channels for the self-control of the acquisition of āśrava, see table https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/701786419879625.
[8] Mithyātva. False Belief. It is of eight kinds, for details see
‘Saṁvara [part 1573-1579]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1534679143257011.
[9] Non-abstinence from violence, falsehood, stealing, non-celibacy, possession.
[10] Pramāda-s (negligence). There are still 5 pramādas (slacks) of sarvavirati (complete self-control in the 6th guṇasthāna:
a. pride, there are 8 kinds of pride:
1. caste, 2. family, 3. strength, 4. beauty, 5. penance, 6. learning, 7. wealth, and 8. power.
Sūtrakṛtāṅga Sūtra II, chapt. 2, v. 17 has the following:
Madasthānāni: The eight kinds of pride: caste, family, beauty, piety, knowledge, success, power, intelligence, “and ANY other pride”.
Samavāyāṅgasūtra 8 has: Caste, family, strength, beauty, penance, learning, wealth and power.
Right faith is free from pride.
See also Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, lecture 29, v. 49, Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, lecture 31, v. 10.
For more details, references and some passages dealing with pride in the posts see
‘Saṁvara [part 447]’ note 16 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/959687724089492/?comment_id=959689330755998,
‘Saṁvara [part 829]’ note 5 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1174649845926611/?comment_id=1174656619259267,
‘Saṁvara [part 877]’ note 2 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1303831283008466/?comment_id=1303835609674700,
‘Saṁvara [part 1764]’ note 17 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1571528809572044/?comment_id=1571595516232040,
‘Saṁvara [part 2194]’ note 1 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1721560114568912/?comment_id=1721568971234693,
‘Saṁvara [part 2242]’ the whole text with notes 2 & 3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1735767306481526/?comment_id=1735770406481216,
‘Saṁvara [part 2329]’ text with note 3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1745292848862305/?comment_id=1745296445528612,
and
‘Saṁvara [part 2361]’ note 2 https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/1746494302075493/?comment_id=1746495298742060.
b. enjoyment of the senses,
c. sañjvalana-kaṣāyas (the 4 passions of the lowest level of intensity,
i.e., sleep (= not realizing that soul and body are two entities), and
e. idle talk (about women, food, the king/government, etc.)
Without these pramādas during a muhūrta (48 minutes) one rises to the 7th guṇasthāna, from which a fall to the 6th guṇasthāna and re-ascent to the 7th etc. can take a koṭipūrva of years, see Saṁvara [part 323] point D https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/942716892453242.
[11] The 4 kaṣāya-s (passions), viz. krodha (anger), māna (pride), māyā (intrigue/delusion), lobha (greed).
