Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 02
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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Saguptisamitidharmanüprekṣāparisahajayacāritrail
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transmigration is psychic stoppage (bhāva-samvara). When these activities are checked they result in karmic matter being interrupted (dravya-samvara) from flowing towards the soul. The means of stoppage are:
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i.e. Stoppage is affected by attitudes of control /restraint and carefulness, virtue, contemplation, endurance of afflictions and conduct. That by which the soul is protected from the causes of transmigration, is:
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3 Tattvärtha-sūtra, IX.2 Tattvärtha-sutra, IX.4-18.
Control or restraint (gūpti) i.e. restraint on activities of mind speech and body.
Careful movements to avoid injury to organism in regulation are carefulness (samiti) (care in walking, speaking, food, picking and placing and excretions).
Which takes to the desired goals is virtue (dharma). These are Supreme-forgiveness, humility, honesty, non-greediness, truth, restraint, austerity, renunciation, celibacy and
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non-possession.
Meditating on the nature of body and so is contemplation (anuprekṣā). Twelve contemplations are on world (transmigration), soul's transientness, refuge lessness, solitariness, separateness, impurity of body, influx, stoppage, dissociation, rarity of enlightenment and Jina teaching.
To endure the bodily afflictions for the sake of dissociation of karmas. Conquest by patient endurance is (parişaha). 22 afflictions are: hunger, thirst, heat, cold, insect-bite, nakedness, disliking, women, wandering, seating, sleeping, agony, injury, begging, nongin, illness. Blades of grass, dirt, reward and honor, wisdom, ignorance and lack of faith Conduct (căritra) is observance of vows and other spiritual purification activities assigned. Five types of conduct are equanimity, re-initiation after atonement, purity though exclusion, subtle passion and perfect conduct.
The above means are explained in details in Tattvärtha-sutra. As these are effective in stoppage activities, these are mentioned as instrumental causes. Stoppage is also affected by penance/austerities (tapa). Austerities are mentioned separately to show that it is effective in both stoppages of new bondage of karmas as well as dissociation of existing karmas.
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