Charlotte Krause her Life and Literature

Author(s): Shreeprakash Pandey
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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Dr. Charlotte Krause : Her Life & Literature
1. Forgiveness, 2. Humility, 3. Candour, 4. Noncovetousness, 5. Austerity, 6. Restraint, with reference to the Great Vows, to the activity of the five senses, to the four great passions, and with reference to the activities of thinking, speaking and acting, 7. Truthfulness, 8. Interior and Exterior Cleanliness, 9. Total Lock of Property, and 10. Abstinence from all sexual activity, in whatever form.
To some extent, all these virtues can be cultivated by the Śrāvaka too, in whom at least several of them appear distinctly, such as, e.g., the spirit of forgiveness and humility, which sometimes manifests itself in touching forms, or the virtue of Cleanliness, whose exterior variety can be seen in fullest display in the Jaina house and the Jaina temple, which latter has become proverbial for its neatness, and the slightest uncleanliness of which would be counted as a downright defilement. [e] The Twelve Reflections
The next group of ethical rules form the Twelve Bhāvanās, i.e., Reflections, which one should constantly turn over in one's mind. They are as follows:
1. Beauty, Fortune, Love, and all that exists is transitory. Therefore, nothing is worth striving after but the permanent happiness of Moksa.
2. In the face of pain and death, man is completely helpless. Therefore, one should endeavour to make them cease, by annihilating one's Karma.
3. Existence, with all its stages, is like a drama, in which man acts only a temporary part, as a father, or as a lover, or as a son etc. Therefore, one should not keep one's mind attached to any person or to any thing.
4. In the act of consuming its Karma, by undergoing the various sufferings predestined to it, the soul is alone. Nobody can assist it therein. Therefore, one should make powerful efforts to get
rid of Karma by one's own initiative.