Essence of Jainism Part 01

Author(s): Kushalchandravijay
Publisher: 108 jain Tirth Darshan Trust

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Consisting of 68 letters, it is holy like 68 Tirthas,
It has Eight Sampadas and it bestows Eight Siddhis: Recite (4) Its Nine Padas give nine Niddhis,
It destorys the miseries of many a birth.
Whoever holds it sacred in his heart as words of Lord Vira certainly attains the highest bliss Recite always (5)
WHY THERE ARE 108 BEADS IN THE ROSARY?
It is to acquire the 108 attributes of Panchparmeshthi which are follows:
12 Attributes of Arihant
8
Siddhas
36
Acharya
Upadhyaya
Sadhu
25
27
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11
11
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39
11
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108
Total
We should strive to attain these 108 attributes ourselves. Hence, we count the rosary for jap. We have gathered 108 kinds of sins from this world since times immemorial. We want to get rid of them by counting 108 Navkars on the rosary beads. Hence, Navkarvali has 108 beads.
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108 kinds of sins are explained below:
Sinful actions, Sanrambh, Samarambh and Arambh, which are sub-divided into 108 types of sinful actions are as follows :
Sin by Thought: To think of killing any being or to cause such a thought of killing in others or praise such a thought arisen in others-these three categories of Sanrambh which when multiplied by four passions-anger, deceit, pride and greed-gives 12 categories, which again multiplied by activity of mind, word and body-gives 36 categories of sanrambh.
Sin by Action: To cause pain to any being or to encourage any one to cause pain or to praise any one in the process of causing pain to any one when multiplied by four passions and again by three activities of mind, word and body as mentioned above gives another