Jaina Mysticism and Other Essays

SR No.: 006933
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamalchand Sogani
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 166
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 17 MB

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bay, 1919), verse 409. 63. The causes of the auspicious Asrava are : Composure of the mind, devotion to the Deva, the Sastra and the Guru, and rendering help to those who are in distress and who are thirsty and hungry. Pañcâstikāya verses 136 to 138. 64. The sixteen kinds of reflections are: (1) Darsanavisuddhi (Transcendental awakening), (2) Vinaya-sampannatā(Possession of reverential attitude towards the Guru and the spiritual path), (3) Sīla vratęsvanaticára (Observation of vows and renunciation of passions for the proper pursuance of vows), (4) Abhikspajñānopa yoga (Application of oneself constantly to the earning of spiritual knowledge), (5) Samvega (Due apprehension of worldly miseries), (6) Saktitas sāga (Charity in the matter food, shelter and knowledge), (7) Saktitas tapa (Pursuance of proper bodily austerities without the concealment of strength); (8) Sadhu-samadhi(Removal of obstacles from the path of a Muni), (9) Vaiyāvittya (Nursing of the virtuous souls). (10) Arahanta-bhakti (Devotion to Arhats), (11) Acārya-bhakti (Devotion to the Teacher). (12) Bahuśruta bhakti(Devotion to the learned), (13) Pravacana-bhakti (Devotion to the spiritual brethren), (14) Arafyakaparihāra (Performance of the six essential duties), (15) Märgaprabhāvana (Influencing the society through the medium of knowledge. austerity, charity, Bhakti and adoration, and (16) Pravacanavātsalya (Having an affectionate attitude towards the spiritual brethren). Sarvärthasiddhi, 8-9. 64a. These are: (1) Incentive of transitoriness of things (Anityānupreksā), (2) Incentive of inescapablity from death (Asaranānupreksa), (3) Incentive of transmigration (Samsārānupreksa) and (4) Incentive of bodily impurity (Asuci anupreksa). The work Kärttikeyānupreksa (Ed. A. N. Upadhye, Rayacandra Jaina Sastramala, Bombay, 1960), deals with these anupreksās along with the others in detail. 65. Mūlācāra, verse 968. 66. 10., 950, 816, 880. 67. Sarvärthasiddhi, 7.21, 28, 39. 68, Ib., 7. 18. 69. Śrāvakācāra of Amitagati (Mulacandra Kisanadasa Kapadiya, Surat, 1958), 7. 20, 21, 25. 70. Mundakopanisad (Mund. ) 3. 1. 8. 71. Svetasvataro panişad (Svet.) 1. 10. 72. BG, 6. 10, 23-26. 73. Mokšapāhuda, 26-28. 74. Bhāvapāhuda of Kundakunda (Patani Digambara Jaina Granthamala, Marotha, 1950), verse 122. 75. Ib., 123. 76. Paramātmaprakása, 1. 23. 77. Śrāvakācāra of Amitagati, 15. verse 96. 78. Svet., 2. 10.
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