Book Title: $JES 904 Compendium of Jainism (Jain Academic Bowl Manual 3rd Edition)
Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: JAINA Education Committee

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________________ PHILOSOPHY B10 - Punya and Pap Karma . • Being angry or greedy . Being arrogant • Being deceptive Someone has rightly said that: Sow a good thought and reap a good action Sow a good action and reap a good habit • Sow a good habit and reap a good character Sow a good character and reap a good destiny Our life is nothing but full of habits and we are free to cultivate our own good habits. It all starts with expanding your mind to intake positive principles. In doing so, we can begin to incorporate these principles in our lives as actions. Once we see that these actions are leading to better results, the actions become habit. Through good habits one can become a wholesome and virtuous being. And inadvertently, in doing so one can alter his or her life down a more rewarding path - reaping a better destiny. 03 Päp (Non-virtuous or Unwholesome) Karma We are always busy doing something good that may be helping others or being bad and causing trouble to others. When we help someone, not only it brings comfort to that person, but it also brings us comfort by accumulation of Punya Karma. But when we cause trouble for others, it causes us to suffer too due to Päp (sins) Karma. The kinds of activities that cause others to suffer are called sinful activities and they range in various levels from simply telling a tale to actual killing. Jain scriptures describe eighteen kinds of such activities, which are considered the sources of the sins that lead to bad deeds or Päp. These can cause many problems leading to pain or dissatisfaction in our current lives as well as future lives. Therefore, we should be careful not to carry out any of the following 18 sinful activities, which are interconnected with one another. Eighteen Sinful Activities Pränätipät Violence Mrushäväda Untruthfulness Adattadana Theft Maithuna Unchastity Parigraha Possessiveness Krodha Anger Mäna Arrogance Mäyä Deceit Lobha Greed Räga Attachment Dvesha Hatred Kalah Quarreling Abhyäkhyana Accusation Paishunya Gossip or false complaint Rati-Arati Liking and disliking 16 Par-parivada Criticism Compendium of Jainism - 2015 Page 79 of 398

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