Religion and Philosophy of the Jainas

SR No.: 001190
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Virchand R Gandhi
Publisher: Jain International Ahmedabad
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 266
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Philosophy, Ethics, & Principle
File Size: 13 MB

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202 RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY OF THE JAINAS
3. There is a special Jaina teaching, which is not the teaching of any other philosophical system, that in every act of sexual intercourse nine hundred thousand living beings very minute of the shape of the human being, and having the five senses but no mind, are generated and killed. This must be taken on faith in the Arhat's teaching but then the Arhat has those eighteen characteristics which have been given.
4. All the virtues are set aside just at the time of intercourse. It is an intoxicating karma (mohaniya karma) which obscures right belief and right action.
5. The person does away with reason at the time.
6. It is the opinion of the Jaina philosophy that the plans, ideas, intentions and schemes of a person who is full of excessive passion do not bear fruit; or if they do, it is owing to the working of a karma. His mind is all the time on beautiful women; he cannot have self-control and concentration of mind.
7. The success of the control of nature's finer forces that are not generally known, depends upon chastity.
8. The success of mantras (i.e. spells) also depends entirely upon chastity. It is not the vibrations of sound only which give
fectiveness to a mantra: your mental activity, your views and your whole life all go to produce a compound vibration which can be sent to and felt by a being in the higher realms. The mental state is more important than the vibration of sound.
9. There are a number of wordiy disadvantages from the excessive exercise of the sex passion; you lose and squander your money if you go with many women; you lose sight of your better desires; you cannot perform good actions; you lose respect for your superiors; you lose faith in scriptures; you cannot go to the Deva state after death, etc. etc.
10. The science of breath teaches that in every activity you have to use the forces of the subtle (not the ordinary) breath. And in this science all forces are measured by the number of subtle breaths you spend. The force which one uses in the following activities is shown by the number of breaths expended, and is greatest in the sexual act, and least in spiritual concentration.