Glimpses Of World Religions

Author(s): Gunvant Barvalia
Publisher: Navbharat Sahitya Mandir

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the body; and six internal Tapas are enumerated, which are courtesy or politeness, repentence etc. and these directly affect the soul. The external penance is instrumental in external-internal purity and both are complementary to each other. Through the inspiration of austerities, Bhagwan Mahavir has extended the sphere of this remedy for internal purity. There is a scientific approach in the Jain Dharma's sense of penance. Gunsthanak :
By equanimity of efforts, Samyak Purusharth, the living being (Jiva) acquires the supreme position of self-development, getting rid of deep ignorance. The living being has to pass through many many gradual states in order to reach the perfect state (AyogiKevali) from the lowest degraded position. The Jain Dharma gives the name of ‘Gurusthanak’ to these various stages of selfdevelopment. Such “stations' (thanans) of virtue are 14 in number. Bhavanā or Anupreksha
Anuprekshā means intuition or insight. Kartikeya Swami has shown 12 Bhavanas or feelings, by the meditation on and introspection of which the spiritualism gets a new direction. Fellow-feeling, joy, mercy and moderation are the four Prābhavanas or higher sympathies. Six Leshyas :
Krishna, Neel and Kapot leshya or inclinations indicate the outcome of the activities pursued in non-religious inclination fields, whereas light, lotus and brighter types of leshyas indicate the fruits of good, holy conducts of the soul's good, better and the best types of purity.. Sangnā or mental instincts
As a result of indulgence in various actions, there arise in the soul, various types of psychological instincts, which are