Book Title: Gommatasara Karma Kanda
Author(s): Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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________________ 19. Respect or disrespect by admirers or enemies. 20. To resist Conceit of knowledge ; and to be full of humility. 21. Lack of knowledge. Not to be pained, even though it is felt that one does not know much 22 Slack belief, e g., on failure to attain supernatural powers even after great piety and austerities to begin to doubt the truth of Jainism and its teachings. 5. - Charitras, The 5 kinds of Right-conduct are :1. Equanimity. 2. Recovery of equanimity after a fall from it. 3. Pure and absolute non-injury. 4. All but entire freedom from passion. 5. Ideal and passionless conduct (Parihara-vishuddhi). It is found only in a man of 38 years, who has served the Tírthankara for 8 years, i.e. from the age of 30 to that of 38). He must have read the Pratyakhyanapúrva. (See Jiva Kanda Gáthas 471-2). Shedding of Karmic Matter. Nirjará means the falling away of karmic matter from the soul. The fetters may by themselves gradually wear out and leave the soul free: but it is a long process. Therefore a shorter method is adopted; deliberate activity may hasten the ripening of a karma and the shedding of its matter. To illustrate : we wish evil to our neighbour A; the thought-activity invites the-karmic matter into the soul (ásrava), the matter comes and binds the soul (bandha). This karma may take two months to bear its full fruits ; in the meantime it is an evil load for the soul. To gain lightness and to get rid of the karma, the soul may deliberately feel an oppozite kind of feeling towards other neighbours B, C, and D, or towards A himself. A still surer way is to practise austerity. By removing the mind from the demands and impulses of the body, and by mortifying the physical man through not listening to its greed and temptations, matter may be overcome and soul freed from the bondage. The natural maturing of a karma and its separation from the soul is called savipaka-nirjará. Inducing a karma to leave the soul by means of a contrary karma, or by means of ascetic practices, is called avipáká nírjará (riddance without fruition). The terminology of the distinction is derived from botany. A seed grows into a fruit. It may ripen by itself (savipáka); or it Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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