Book Title: ISJS Jainism Study Notes E5 Vol 04
Author(s): International School for Jain Studies
Publisher: International School for Jain Studies
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3 V ttiparisamkhy na special restrictions for begging food 4 Rasaparity ga giving up stimulating and delicious dishes
5
Vivikta ayy sana
lonely habitation
6 K yakle a
mortification of the body These are called external, as these are dependent on external things and can be seen by others.
2. Internal Austerities (Penances) There are six types of internal austerities - (TS/IX/20) 1 Pr ya citta Expiation
2 Vinaya
Reverence
3 Vaiy vritti Service 4 Sv dhy ya Study of Agam s
5 Vyutsarga
Renunciation
6 Dhy na
Meditation
These are called Internal because these are development on internal things and can be experienced by the practitioner only.
The soul regains its purity after the karmas have fallen of either due to enjoyment or destruction.
c rya Kundakunda has dealt with this subject in verses 144 to 146 of the Pañc stik ya. According to him, a person who has practiced a number of austerities and observed rules for the purifications of his activities will be able to shed away many of his Karmas. A person who understands the real nature of the self and the futility of attachment to objects of the world will have right knowledge and thereby acquire the ability to destroy the Karmas due to his purity of thought and action. He alone will be able to cast away his Karmas, who on an account of his right knowledge contemplates on the self with full concentration. The force which right belief, right - knowledge and non-attachment generates becomes the course of premature shedding of Karmas. Pursuit of self-absorption results in shedding karmas by thoughts (Bh va-nirjar ) first followed by Karmic shedding (dravya-nirjar ).
7.0 Mok a (salvation / liberation) The last verity of the seven verities is called Mok a. This is the ultimate goal of every religious practitioner like S dhu, muni or monk. When the self is freed from the bondage of Karma and has passed beyond the possibility of rebirth it is said to have attained mok a. Mok a is the highest ideal to be attained by the self at the time of perfection. According to Um sw mi
Bandhahetvabh vanirjar bhy m k tsnakarmavipramok o mok ah (TS/X/2)
Owing to the absence of the cause of bondage and with the functioning of the dissociation of Karmas, the annihilation of all Karmas fully is Liberation.
No new karmas flow in owing to the absence of causes such as perverted faith and as on. And the already acquired karmas fall of gradually in the presence of causes that lead to dissociation of Karmas. Owing to the absence of the cause of bondage and the functioning of dissociation indicate the case denoting liberation. Therefore Liberation is the total destruction of all Karmas at the same time, after leveling down the duration of all the remaining there Karmas, so as to be equal to that of the age - Karma (yu - Karma).
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