Gommatasara Karma Kanda

Author(s): Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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10 Observances. The 10 observances are : -
Uttama-kshamá, Supreme Forgiveness. Uttama márdava , Humility. Uttama-árjava, „ Straight-forwardness, (Honesty). Uttama-shaucha, ,, Contentment. Uttama-satya, , Truth. Uttama-samyama ,, Restraint. Uttama-tapa,
, Austerities. Uttama-tyága, , Renunciation. Uttama-á kinchanya, Supreme non-attachment. Not tak
ing the non-self for one's own self; and Uttama-brahmacharya, Supreme Chastity.
12 Meditations. The 12 Meditations are :
1. Anitya anuprekshá, Everything is subject to change or transitory.
2. Asharana anupreksha, Unprotectiveness ; Helplessness. The soul is unprotected from the fruition of karmas. Death, pain, pleasure, success, failure are the necessary results of our acts in this or past lives.
3. Samsára anupreksha, Mundaneness. Soul moves in the cycle of existences and cannot attain true happiness till he is out of it. .
4. Ekatva anuprekshá, Loneliness, I am alone the doer of my actions and the enjoyer of the fruits of them.
5. Anyatva anupreksha, Separateness. Otherness. The world, my relations and friends, my body, and mind, they are all distinct and separate from my real self.
6. Ashuchi anupreksha Impurity. The body is impure and dirty. Purity is of 2 kinds :--of the soul itself; and of the body and other things. This last is of 8 kinds.
7. Ashrava anupreksa, Inflow. The inflow of karma is the cause of my mundane existence and it is the product of passions, etc.
8. Samvara anupreksha, Stoppage. The inflow must be stopped.
9. Nirjará anúpreksha, Shedding. Karmic matter must be shed from or shaken out of the soul.
10. Loka anupreksha, Universe. The nature of the Universe and its constituent elements in all their vast variety proving the insignificance and miserable nothingness of man in time and space.
11. Bodhi durlabha anuprekshá, Rarity of Right Path. It is difficult to attain right-belief, knowledge and conduct.