Jaina Acara Siddhanta aur Svarupa

SR No.: 006747
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Devendramuni
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 1995
Total Pages: 322
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Jaina Acara : Siddhanta aura Svarupa
soon enough. Join your mind with the limb that you wish to be relaxed. The neck. shoulders, chest, arms, palms, fingers and the like need relaxation.
You thus get detached from the body and are joined with subtle and luminous bodies. The luminous body imparts you lustre. Your association with the subtle body results in your knowledge of the separateness of body and soul. What is between body and mind is breath. It is of five kinds : natural, quiet, disjointed, scattered and quick.
(1) deep and long breath (2) rhythmic breathing. (3) subtle, quiet and firm
(4) closing of the nostrils with the fingers of the right hand. Exercises in breath control do immense good to the body but the mind, too, must be given the right direction. Many Acāryas have opined that not quick but long breath helps man. It is because quick breath does relax the body but does not take care of consciousness. The body is tired which makes the soul sleep. Slow breath activates the body. Peace is nothing but the subtlcty of breath. The accumulated energy thus gained helps concentration. The mind is no more assailed by thoughts. One becomes naturally inclined to renounce worldly things and be content with one's own self which exceeds the riches of the god of wealth. All quick breathing makes the mind wander from place to place. It is a positive hindrance to concentration. Without repenung sincerely for sins attaching to the soul Kayotsarga can do little good. It is a higher step necessarily followed by repentance, otherwise it will be putting the cart before the horse. Pratyäkhyāna (Complete Renunciation)
There are innumerable things in the world which no single man can ever enjoy, however long his life might be. Man's desires, too, are limitless. The satisfaction of one leads to another desire. They increase by leaps and bounds. It is the only remedy to cure one's insatiable desires. The root causes of unrest are attachment and craving for things. So long as you are attached to persons and things, there can be no peace of mind. Detachment is engendered by repentance, prayer, devotion, perseverance and the like. So long as you are unaware of the soul and its separateness from the body, no tranquillity can ever be had. 'Anuyogadvāra' has given 'gunadhārana' as its synonym. It means acceptance and observance of vows. To withdraw the mind form inauspicious objects and to enjoin to the auspicious ones ensures composure of mind.
Bhadrabāhu has rightly observed that renunciation gives rise to restraint which checks the influx of Karmic particles and all Karma into the soul. It effects unprecedented transformation. This inevitably leads to omniscience. Its two kinds are Mülaguna and Uttaraguna. The first are accepted for good. It is further divided into Sarvamūlaguna' and