Mrutyu Mahotsav

SR No.: 032175
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sadasukh Das, Virendra Prasad Jain
Publisher: Akhil Vishva Jain Mission
Publication Year: 1958
Total Pages: 48
Language: Hindi
Classification: Book_Devnagari
File Size: 8 MB

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undisciplined being, while the latter is the death of the very worst type, implying ignorance and want of self
control.
The pandita-pandita 'death' leads to the immediate realization of the coveted Supreme Status. It is no death at all, in reality, being simply a translation to the Abode of Gods, the pure Perfect Souls in nirvana.
The pandita death leads to the highest heavens, where the saint enjoys great felicity and pleasure for very very long periods of time, whence descending he is reborn, in due course, in auspicious and desirable surroundings amongst men. Here he soon finds himself surrounded by all sorts of felicities and facilities and inducements for the acquisition and practising of the Right Faith.
The bala-pandita death leads to lower heavens, where, also the felicity is great. The bala-pandita soul also is reborn amongst men on the termination, of the heavenly incarnation. The bala death leads to a human birth, and may even lead to heaven in favourable circumstances.
The bala-bila death always leads to undesirable conditions, except where tapascharana (asceticism) is practised under the influence of à faith which, though not of the right sort, enjoins its practising, in which case the indivi. dual will reach lower heavens, and all will subsequently, in ordinary cases, be reborn amongst men under inauspicious circumstances. In the worst cases, the bila-bala death is the source of the most undesirable conditions and surroundings. The soul is sure to descend into hells, which may be for a very very long term of life, in the very worst cases. Those who die in the bala bala mode genera. lly descend into the animal kingdom, and may be reborn amongst minerals and plants. Some even sink back into what is known as nigoda, which is almost like an unending eternal stupor.
The bala-bala death will also lead to a human birth -7