Tulsi Prajna 2002 01

SR No.: 524610
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shanta Jain, Jagatram Bhattacharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 2002
Total Pages: 122
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 6 MB

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Life and death-We have used the word birth for jāti which has two meanings: birth and similarity. Here, the meaning birth is relevant and appropriate. Death means the end of life. The indulgence in violent karma can be easily be found to be done for the sake of birth and death. For instance, a person performs sacrifices for his birth in heaven, or he can arrange for special ceremony in advance on the occasion of his death.
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Emancipation- It means liberation or freedom. It is well known that in many religious traditions, varieties of cruel acts are prescribed for liberation from worldly bondage.
The phrase 'for birth, death and emancipation' ca be interpreted as one single concept, which means emancipation from birth and death. We find people believe in acts of violence (such as animal sacrifice) for their own freedom from birth and death, as well as the spiritual freedom of the victims of such violence.
The reading 'bhoyaņãe', for ‘moyaņāe'. accepted by the Cürņi appears to be more appropriate. People are found engaged in agriculture and the like for food. Even the psychoanalysts and biologists admit that the search for food is a fundamental instinct. 44 Freud has accepted only two instincts, e.g., instinct of life and instinct of death.45 The later psychologists expanded the scope of instincts and emotions. In the sūtra 10, only seven fundamental instincts are mentioned. Maslo has admitted 'regard' and 'respect' also as a fundamental instinct and emotion. 46 7. The elimination of mental and physical suffering—- For the purpose
of getting rid of various kinds of physical and mental suffering, a person indulges in various acts of violence. Such indulgence is the fountainhead of worldly activity.
In the sutra under discussion, the most profound estimate and enumeration of the causes of violence has been made. 1.11 eyāvamti savvávamti logamsi kamma-samārambhä parijaniavva
bhavamti. All these worldly violent activities are to be comprehended and given up.
Bhāsyam Sūtra 11
What was stated as thesis in the sūtra 7 is given in sūtra 11 as conclusion. Persons who are ignorant of the source of violent karma are incapable of comprehending the true nature of karma and getting rid of it. Consequently, the sources of karma are given at the outset, to be followed by the
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