Jaina Gazette 1928

SR No.: 034890
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ajitprasad, C S Mallinath
Publisher: Jaina Gazettee Office
Publication Year: 1928
Total Pages: 502
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 33 MB

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AN INTERPRETATION OF JAIN ETHICS
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3. Existence, with all its stages, is like a drama, in which man acts only a temporary part, as a father, or as a lover, or as a son etc. Therefore, one should not keep one's mind attached to any person or to any thing.
4. In the act of consuming its Karma, by undergoing the various sufferings predestined to it, the soul is alone. Nobody can assist it therein. Therefore, one should make powerful efforts to get rid of Karma by one's own initiative.
5.
Body and Soul are heterogeneous things, therefore one should not mistake the body and its demands for part of the self, nor allow it toruleover us.
6. The body contains many disgusting elements, thus one should endeavour to become a pure, bodiless Siddha.
7.
Constantly, Karma streams into the soul and is bound by it, therefore one should try to stop it.
8. The way of stopping new Karmas entering the soul is Samvara.
9. The way of consuming
Nirjara.
Karma
bound before is
10. The Universe has the shape of a standing man, with the hells in its lower, the world of men in its middle, and the heavens in its upper parts. It is composed of the six eternal substances Soul, Space, Time, Matter, Medium of Rest, and Medium of Movement. The three conditions of coming into existence, lasting, and perishing, eternally alternate with one another. Thus, the world is transitory with reference to these three conditions, but eternal with reference to the six substances. Therefore, one should judge of all things from the stand-point of substance as well as from that of condition, if one wants to define them thoroughly and impartially, or, in other words, one should always apply the standard of relativity, which acts a prominent part in Jain Logic, known under the name of "Syadvada."
11. Instruction with reference to metaphysical truth, and faith in the latter are difficult to obtain. Therefore, having attained them, one should direct one's ethical conduct accordingly.