Prabuddha Jivan 2015 Year 63 Ank 01 to 03

SR No.: 526000
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dhanvant Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh
Publication Year: 2015
Total Pages: 288
Language: Gujarati
Classification: Magazine, India_Prabuddha Jivan, & India
File Size: 7 MB

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અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ માર્ચ ૨૦૧૫ પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન ♦ અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ૭ પૃષ્ઠ ૧૩૫ પાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને
અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને તયવાદ વિશેષાંક અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને તયવાદ વિશેષાંક અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને યવાદ વિશેષાંક - અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવાદ વિશેષક અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદવાદ
LESSON -5: JAIN COSMOLOGY AND CYCLE OF TIME
ENLIGHTEN YOURSELF BY SELF STUDY OF JAINOLOGY
DR. KAMINI GOGRI
Thinkers throughout the ages have explored the nature of the universe, Jaina thinkers no less than the others. Over the centuries, a specifically Jain picture of the cosmos was developed and elaborated in great detail and it figures extensively in traditional Jaina art and forms as a symbolic background to the Jaina explanation of the meaning of life.
There are large number of texts about the cosmological concept of the Jainas. The earliest canons contain cosmological references. There are specialized texts composed between the third and thirteenth centuries CE in which the Jain universe is described in detail. These include: Treatise on Three Worlds' (Triloka Prajñapti), `Treatise on the Sun' (Surya Prajñapti); Treatise on the Moon' (Candra Prajñapti); Summary of Three Worlds' (Triloka Sāra); Illumination of Three worlds' (Trilokya Dipika); Treatise of Jambuvipai' (Jambuvipa Prajñapti); Treatise on Realities' (Tattvärtha Sutra); Summary of Jain Geography (Ksetra Samāsa); Treatise on Jain Cosmology and Geography (Bruhat Sangrahani).
The Universe as conceived by the Jaina tradition has two parts; one occupied by entries and the unoccupied space, the whole being infinite in extension and time. The infinite unoccupied universe if empty space surrounds universe. The traditional image of the occupied universe is shown in figure 3.1.
pied universe respectively. Beyond these lies empty space. The Trasa Nali Extends the entire length of the occupied space, fourteen Rajjus. Occupied space is widest at its base, seven Rajjus and then tapers to a constricted centre with a width of one Rajju. From the centre upwards, it increases in width to a maximun of five Rajjus and then tapers again to the apex, which is one Rajju wide.
The upper part of the occupied universe, the `Upper World', is occupied by Celestial Being. Humans, animals and plants, astral bodies and lower kinds of heavenly beings (Vyantaras and Bhavanväsi) occupy the `Middle World'. The Hellish Beings reside in the Lower World.'
The Lower World and Hellish Beings:
The largest areas of the occupied universe is the lower world. Certain types of Celestial Beings, opposed to good, live here with Hellish Beings. the lower world is seven Rajjus high (or long). It consists of a stack of seven infernal regions, one above the other, and each one smaller than the one below.
Each level of the lower world is one Rajjus high and is surrounded and supported by layers of Dense Water (Humid Air), Dense Air and Thin Air. The top and bottom of each of the seven hells, two zones, a few thousand miles high, are uninhabited. Scriptures give names to each hells, They are, from top to bottom:
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The occupied universe is imagined as being of human shape with three distinct parts; upper, middle and lower, each supporting specific works. There is an area, referred to as a channel' (Trasa Nali), which extends in a narrow ban throughout the langth of the occupied universe. It has the height of fourteen 'ropes' and a width of one 'rope' (Rajju), a measurement of immense width. This measurement is defined as the distance covered flying non-stop for six months at a speed of 2,057,152 yojanas per second. A yojana is equal to about 6 miles. For astronomical calculations Jainas use the unit of a Pramana Yojana (1000 Yojanas). This is the yojana used in this chapter. Mobile beings live in the Trasa Nali, while immobile beings may live both inside and outside it. Three layers: Dense Water (Humid Air), Dense Air and Thin Air surround the whole-occuઅનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને તયવાદ વિશેષાંક + અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને તયવાદ વિશેષાંક
Figure 3.1 The Jain view of the occupied universe, showing the Upper World abode of heavenly beings), the Middle World (the abode of human beings), and the Lower World (the abode of hellish beings). First Hell: 'Illuminated like Jewels' -Ratnaprabhā Second Hell: 'Illuminated like Gravel' -Sarkarprabhā Third Hell: 'Illuminated like Sand' -Valukāprabhā Fourth Hell: `Illuminated like Mud' -Pankaprabhā Fifth Hell: 'Illuminated like Smoke' -Dhumaprabhā Sixth Hell: Illuminated like Darkness' -Tamahprabhā Seventh Hell: `Illuminated like Deepest Darkness' - Tamastamaprabhā
The misery of the beings inhabiting the hells is the result of their Karma. Only those creatures human or animal, which have earned demerit because of evil actions, go to the lower world, from where they obtain rebirth as plants, animals or humans. After the realization of their hellish body producting karma, they અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને તયવાદ વિશેષાંક અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને
અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને યવાદ વિશેષાંક અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદ