Essence of Jainism Part 02

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

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exhausted Ghati karmas, realising omniscience - Kevalgnan. He gained liberation at the end of his life.
It is revealing how an action guided by a strong impulse of remorse arising from the depth of a being is able to secure a release for a soul. Scripitures abound in such instances.
We also recite Iriavahi Sutra to apologise for our sins but no change takes place in us. When our action misses the purifying impulse, it becomes a formality-Dravya Kriya. Dravya Kriya, however should not be rejected as being of no significance for it is a constant practice that opens the door to performance of a pious act in which an emotional thought fuses with an appropriate action a Bhav Kriya.
It is not said in vain that innumerable acts of Dravya Kriya when performed sincerely do result into Bhav Kriya. A weak intention slowly becomes a strong motivating force, by a continuous practice. This is how a child acquires the capacity to learn properly. The goal for an aspirant should be to aim at perfection and to keep practicing for it constantly, for achieving an ideal action. When thought and action blend harmoniously it results into a Bhav Kriya.
In friavahi Sutra forgiveness is asked from 563 kinds of jivas-living beings for sins committed in 18, 24, 120 ways.
Computation is arrived at as under :
(1) Narki-Hell-beings sub-divided into seven paryapts and seven non-paryapts. add upto 14 types.
(2) Tiryancha - animals, moving and non-moving creatures are of 48 types worked out as follows. First division consist of 10 sub-types viz., earth, water, light, air, vegetation; five microspic in size and five badar-visible. Again there are 4 types viz., pratyek vanaspatikaya, beindirya teindriya and chaurendriya still again there are 10 types viz., water, land, sky, urparisarya and Bhujparisarya- 5 born in embryo and 5 in Samamurchim- unconscious. 24 types of tiryancha, (2) When subdivided as 24 paryapata and 24 non-paryapata add up to 10+4 + 10 x 2 = 48 types.
(3) There are 303 types of human beings Manushya as follows : 5 Bharat, 5 Airavat and 5 Mahavideha form 15 Karmabhumis. Besides there are 5 Hemavant, 5 Airavat, 5 Harivarsh, 5 Ramyak, 5 Devkuru, 5 Uttarkuru, which add upto 30 Akarmabhumis. Hemavant and Shikhari mountains each have eight
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