Handbook of Jainology

SR No.: 001346
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Bhuvanbhanusuri
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust
Publication Year: 2006
Total Pages: 288
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Philosophy
File Size: 15 MB

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Avagrahana, Varthana etc., Rup, Rasa etc., and also their counter modifications. On account of this kind of meditation you get rid of your agitation; evil thoughts, attachment for the body etc.
(5) Vipakavichaya : Thinking of the sources of the sin and the sweet and bitter fruits of actions, the ripening of auspicious and the inauspicious Karmas. The Samavasaran etc. of the Arihant; the way in which the tortures of hell arise. From this, the desire for the fruit of Karmas disappears.
(6) Virag Vichaya : This meditation is about the body, the family, dwelling in a house and the renunciation of those things : "Oh; my body is unclean made up of hateful substances like
d, humours and unholy dust. This body is filled with such unclean things as excretion etc. As in a pot of liquor anything in this body becomes unholy. For example, you may eat the most delicious food. You may eat the best food; you may even drink amrit but this body is such that it pollutes them and that unclean stuff comes out of the nine openings of the body. Moreover it is perishable. It cannot take care of itself. It does not provide protection to the soul also. Even in the family, when sickness or death appears in the body, parents, brothers, and sisters, sons and daughters, wife or no one else can provide protection to the body. Is there anything good in it ? Apart from this, if we think of sounds, smell, taste etc. we understand that these enjoyments are dreadfully poisonous like eating a poisonous fruit. This body is surely perishable. It is dependent on other things. It cannot enjoy the taste of real felicity. Great men have seen this; deemed it thus. The pleasures arising from the senses are unreal and imaginary like the pleasure the children feel while tasting resins experiencing the taste of milk. Wise men do not have attachment for the body. It is good to be detached from it. Residence at home is like living in a house of fire. The senses which are burning burn to ashes merit as if it is wood. The vicious circle goes on endlessly. This fire can be put out only by the wisdom of Dharma. Therefore I should carry out Dharma. You must think thus. Moreover, you should