CHAPTER VI

THE JAINA PHILOSOPHY

1 The Origin of Jainism…………………………………..169

2 Two Sects of Jainism……………………………………170

3 The Canonical and other Literature of the Jains……………171

 

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4 Some General Characteristics of the Jains…………………172

5 Life of Mahâvîra……………………………………….173

6 The Fundamental Ideas of Jaina Ontology…………………..173

7 The Doctrine of Relative Pluralism (Anekântavâda)………….175

8 The Doctrine of Nâyas…………………………………..176

9 The Doctrine of Syâdvâda………………………………..179

10 Knowledge, its value for us……………………………..181

11 Theory of Perception……………………………………183

12 Non-Perceptual knowledge………………………………..185

13 Knowledge as Revelation…………………………………186

14 The Jîvas……………………………………………..188

15 Karma Theory…………………………………………..190

16 Karma, Âsrava and Nirjarâ……………………………….192

17 Pudgala……………………………………………….195

18 Dharma, Adharma, Âkâs’a…………………………………197

19 Kâla and Samaya………………………………………..198

20 Jaina Cosmography………………………………………199

21 Jaina Yoga…………………………………………….199

22 Jaina Atheism………………………………………….203

23 Mok@sa (emancipation)…………………………………..207