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BHAVANA (REFLECTIONS) Äsrava Bhävanä: Inflow of karma Thinking on inflow of karmas. All causes that create the inflow of karmas should be discarded.
Samvar Bhävanä: Stoppage of karma Samvar means blocking the inflow of karmas. One must contemplate on Samiti, Gupti, Yati-dharma etc. One must carry out these activities and try to reduce or stop new bondage of karma.
Nirjarä Bhävanä: Eradication of karma Nirjarä means to shed off whatever karmas we have. One must think of the benefits that accrue from each of the 12 kinds of Tapas or the austerities, which cause Nirjarä. One must contemplate on these austerities in order to destroy sins.
Lokasvabhäva Bhävanä: The nature of cosmos Lokasvabhäva means one must contemplate on the three Lokas, namely: 1) the upper world, 2) the middle world, 3) the lower world, and also the whole universe filled with souls and Pudgals (matters)
Bodhidurlabh Bhävanä: Rarity of enlightenment One must contemplate on how difficult it is for the souls that are wandering aimlessly in the four stages of existence in the Sansär to attain the Jin dharma. There should not be even the slightest negligence in observing the religion propagated by the Jin."
Dharma Bhävanä: Religion "Oh: Arihanta Bhagawän, the omniscient, has expounded an excellent Shruta Dharma and Charitra Dharma. I will engage myself in these Dharma." One should carry out this contemplation again and again.
However, there are four auxiliary Bhävanäs that represent the positive means of supporting the Five Vows. They are intended to develop purity of thought and sincerity in the practice of religion. They play very important role in the day-to-day life of a householder and these reflections can be practiced very easily. Adopting these Bhävanäs in daily life can make a person very virtuous.
Four auxiliary Bhävanäs.
Maitri Bhavanä Pramod Bhävanä Karunä Bhävanä Mädhyastha Bhävanä
Contemplation of Friendship Contemplation of Appreciation Contemplation of Compassion Contemplation of Neutrality
Maitri Bhävanä (Contemplation of Friendship) Lord Mahävir said, "We must be friends to all living beings." The feeling of friendship brings love and respect to others. It also initiates a feeling of brotherhood among all and in turn
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