Philosophy In Jain Agams
Author:
Dr. Samani Mangal Pragya
Dr. Samani Mangal Pragya
Published: 02.12.2018
Updated: 26.08.2019
Updated: 26.08.2019
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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
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02 ►AN OUTLINE OF ĀGAMA LITERATURE
- Definition of Āgama (Canonical Literature)
- Origin of Jain Āgamas
- Āgama Vācanā (Synods)
- Gradual Wane of Āgamas
- Classification of Āgama
- 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
- Modern day Editing, Translation and Commentaries on Jain Āgamas
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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
- Universal Laws in World Order
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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)
- Types of Transformation in Matter
- 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)
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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
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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)
- Nature, Cognition and Characteristics of Jīva
- Constituents of Soul
- Jīvāstikāya and Jīva
- Body Pervasiveness of the Soul
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05 ►KARMA MĪMĀNSĀ (DOCTRINE OF KARMA - A Critical Probe)
- Root of Diversity - Karma
- Relation of Soul and Karma
- Nature of Relation
- Doer of Karma
- Causes of Karmic Bondage
- 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
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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
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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
- 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
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07 ►EXPOSITION OF OTHER PHILOSOPHIES IN JAIN ĀGAMAS
- Concept of Samavasaraṇa in the Context of Philosophical Thinking
- 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
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- SAMANI MANGAL PRAGYA