$JES 203Q First Step of Jainism Level 2 Book

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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Ächärya 20
Ägams 17 Aghäti 20, 32
Ahimsä 17
Akshat 25 Änand 30
Anekäntaväd 17
Antaräya 32 Aparigraha 17 Apkäya 27
Ärä 17
Arihanta 19
Ätmä 30 Äyushya 32 Beindriya 28
7.0 Glossary
A Sädhu who has learned, mastered and taught religious scriptures, follows them, and is now the head of a Sangh. A monk scholar. Jain Scriptures
The four types of karmas whose powers are much milder than those of the four Ghäti karmas. These powers end at the end with a life.
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Non-violence. A Mahävrat or an Anuvrat. Jain religion is remarkable in that it upholds non-violence as the supreme religion (Ahimsä Parmo Dharma) and has insisted upon its observance in thoughts, words and deeds at the individual as well as at social levels.
Polished white rice. Rice with the husk removed.
Infinite Bliss.
Multiplicity of viewpoints. It is a many-sided approach to reality.
Obscuring karma.
Non-possessiveness. A Mahävrat or an Anuvrat
Minute living beings in water.
One of the six divisions of time in one half of the time cycle. Each cycle is hundreds to billions of years. We are currently in the 5th ärä of the descending half of the time cycle, which started about 2500 years ago.
A soul who has destroyed his inner enemies of anger, greed, ego and deceit.
Soul
Age determining Karma.
Two sensed beings who have the senses of touch and taste.
Life. Conduct
Four sensed beings who have the senses of touch, taste, smell and sight. Conception.
Bhav 39
Chäritra 25 Chaurindriya 29
Chyavan 35
Darshan 25, 30
Vision, Perception.
Darshanävaraniya 32 Perception obscuring karma.
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