The Soul-Essence

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Alphabetical Index to Subjects Discussed.

Column 1

Abhavya: a soul incapable of attaining spiritual liberation, 158, 159.
Adhah Karma: prohibited actions or food prepared specifically for an ascetic, 161.
Agurulaghu: the quality of being neither heavy nor light; a property that keeps the soul's attributes stable, 68.
Ahara: food or the intake of karmic matter, 209, 210.
Aharaka: a subtle body projected by advanced sages to seek knowledge from an enlightened being, 33.
Alexander Alexander the Great, whose invasion of India is often a chronological marker in Jaina history, 2.
Annihilation, 183, 193.
Anubhagasthan: the varying degrees of intensity in the fruition of karma, 33.
Aparadha: a fault, offense, or spiritual transgression, 173.
Aparyapta: the state of a soul with an incomplete or undeveloped body, 41.
Attachment, 25, 144, 153, 165.
Austerities, 95, 96, 114.

Bhadrabahu A famous Jaina saint and the spiritual teacher of Emperor Chandragupta, 2.
Bhavya: a soul with the potential to achieve liberation, 34.
Bheda Vijnan: the science of discrimination between the self (soul) and the non-self (matter), 14.
Bondage, 3, 45, 46, 47, 48, 52, 53, 71, 72, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 165.

Chandra Gupta The Maurya Emperor who abdicated his throne to become a Jaina monk, 2.
Classes—Soul, 36.
Concentration, 134.
Creation, 181, 183, 193.
Confession, 201.

Darshana: vision, perception, or right faith, 34.
Delusion, 19.
Delusionless, 23.
Desire, 124, 129, 130, 131, 132.
Destructive ladder original: "Destructive ladder"; refers to the Kshapaka Shreni, the spiritual progression that leads to the total destruction of deluding karma, 24.
Destiny, 154.
Free from attachment to religious substances original: "Dharma Sanga Muktam", 81.
Disgust, 139.
Discrimination, 169, 170.

Ethics, 188.

Fear, 138.

Gati: the four states of existence—heavenly, human, animal, or hellish, 34.
Gautama The principal disciple (Ganadhara) of Lord Mahavira, 2.
God, 7.

Column 2

Indriya: the five sense organs, 34.
Inflow referring to Asrava, the movement of karmic matter into the soul, 101.

Jambu Swami The last person in the current age to achieve omniscience, 2.
Conquered Delusion original: "Jita Moha", 84.
Jiva Samasa: the classification of living beings, 36.
Jnana: pure knowledge, 34.

Kashaya: the passions (anger, pride, deceit, and greed) that bind the soul, 34.
Karma, 29, 50, 69, 110, 111.
Karmic Matter, 33.
Knowledge, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209.
Leshya: the thought-paintings or mental states that influence the soul’s karma, 34.
Liberation, 166, 167, 168, 169, 211, 212.

Margana: the fourteen ways of investigating the state of the soul, 34.
Matter, 42, 43, 67, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80.
Meditation, 9, 10.
Merit, 91, 92, 93, 94, 100.

Absolute point of view original: "Nischaya naya", 8, 17.
Non-self-absorption, 2.

Omniscience, 20.

Preoccupation with the non-self original: "Para Samaya", 3.
Parinama: the modification or change of state of a substance, 50, 51.
Possessionless, 80.
Practical Standpoint referring to Vyavahara Naya, the conventional or relative point of view, 11, 21, 22, 30, 38, 40, 42, 69, 70, 73, 88, 149, 158, 160, 171, 189, 195, 198.

Real Standpoint referring to Nischaya Naya, the absolute or essential point of view, 13, 30, 38, 40, 42, 72, 73, 88, 93, 120, 126, 131, 149, 158, 160, 189, 198.
Renunciation, 24, 25, 200.
Repentance, 200.
Right believer referring to a Samyag-drishti, one who has achieved right faith or vision, 18, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 132, 133, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 146, 147, 148, 157, 163, 192, 204, 210.