Bhavana Bodh

Author(s): Shrimad Rajchandra
Publisher: Shrimad Rajchandra Ashram

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BHAVANA BODH
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NINTH PRINT NIRJARA BHAVANA
Burning a huge heap of one's bondages by practising twelve types of penance is called Nirjara Bhavana. In twelve types of penances, six are external penances and the rest six are internal penances. Six Externals are:- (1) ANSHAN Fasting. (2) UNODARI = To take some mouthful of food less than usual. (3) VRUTTI SANKSHEP = Encroaching one's mental desires with an aim to control self. (4) RASAPARITYAG = Abandonment of all tastes. (5) KAYKLESH To engage one self in religious practices by putting physical body willfully in hardship instead of conveniences (6) SANLEENTA To remain peacefully in innocent loneliness and merge attention in his own good of soul. Six internals are:- (1) PRAYASCHIT Repentance (2) VINAY Modesty (3) VAIYAVACHCHA = To serve meritorious saintly persons. (4) SHASTRA PATHAN = Studying the scriptures with high respects. (5) DHYAN = Meditation. (6) KAYOTSARGA = To observe that my soul is quite different from my body and I am the only knower of this body. Whatever ailments are occuring in my body are not mine and thus to make preparation to face a peaceful death. Nirjara is of two kinds, one AKAM NIRJARA and the second SAKAM NIRJARA. We shall give below the illustration of Nirjara Bhavana by an example of VIPRAPUTRA.
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Example - One Brahmin drove away his son, out of his house as he was given to seven kinds of vices. The son, leaving his parental house, joined a band of thieves and robbers. The leader of that band, finding this Brahmin's son very brave and courageous in his line of robbery, treated him like his own son. This Brahmin's son turned out as expert torture and vanquisher of the enemy and so he was known as a firm attacker or Dradh Prahari. In course of time, this Dradh Prahari became the leader of his band of robbers. He was known as a successful and powerful breaker of cities and towns. In so doing, he killed many people. Once he robbed a big city with the help of his big band of robbers, and he