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(7) Asrava Bhavana :
Thinking of the passages of sins. Every Asrava is tremendously harmful. We should think of this, thus : "Just as a river carries away grass; in the same manner, the various sense organs and other Asravas carry the jiva towards spiritual ruin. On account of this, we have to gather many karmas. So I will discard it.”
(8) Samvar Bhavana :
Samvar means blocking the passage of sins. One must think of the tremendous benefits of each Samvar. Thus, “Oh ! how magnificent are the Samvars like Samithi, Gupti, Yathidharma etc. One must carry out these activities and try to reduce or to get rid of the bondages of karma. (9) Nirjara Bhavana :
One must think of the benefits that accrue from each of the 12 kinds of Tapas or the austerities. One must think thus : "On account of dependence and because of bearing with vexations involuntarily karmas cannot be fully destroyed. Karmas can be fully destroyed by means of austerities both internal and external. In this manner, one should carry out a contemplation on the way to destroy sins. (10) Lokaswabhava Bhavana :
This means one must contemplate on the three Lokaswabhavas namely – The upper world, the middle world and the nether world and the whole universe filled with jivas and pudgals.
One must contemplate on the principles of production existence and duration, Samsar, Moksha etc. and must chasten Tenunciation and spiritual knowledge. (11) Bodhidurlabh Bhavana :
One must carry out this contemplation, “How difficult of attainment is the Jin dharma for jivas that are wandering aimlessly in the four stages of existence in the Samsar? There
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