Introduction to Jainism

Author(s): A B Latthe
Publisher: Natha Rangaji

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from bandage. [ 10 ] To think that the universe was created by none is the Lokanupreksha ( 11 ) The Bodhi Durlabhh is the thought that the true knowledge of the soul and its true good, is very difficult to obtain and that one has not attained it in long ages in which one was again and again born and dead. 12) To think that the religion of non-killing is prescribed by the Jineshvars who are full of truth forgiveness etc; that one is moving constantly in to the Sansar owing to one's ignorance of this and that its observance would easily lead to the Moksha as well as the position of the Indra and the Chakra varti, is the last Anupreksha called the Dharmanupreksha. All these cause Sanvar.
Now the enduring of the twenty-two Paree The shahas is also a cause of Sanvar. The parshahas. Pareeshahas are:-(1) Hunger (2) Thirst (3) Cold (4) Heat (5) The biting insects (6) Nakedness ( 7 ) Indifference ( 8 ) Woman (9) Action (10) Sitting (11) Bedd