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JAINA CONVENTION 2011
of Karma and all the things that cause inflow of Karma should be discarded. Samvar Bhavna - Samvar Bhavna means stoppage of Karma. You block the inflow of Karma. You must carry out this activity and stop new bondage of karma.
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Nirjara Karma - Nirjara Karma means eradiction of Karma. You shed off all your karma.
Lokasvabhava Bhavna - Lokasvabhava Bhavna means the nature of cosmos. You must comtemplate the three Lokas: the upper world, the lower world, and the middle world. Also the whole universe filled with soul and matter.
Bodhidurlabh Bhavna Bhavna means rarity of enlightenment. Dharma Bhavna - Dharma Bhavna means religion. The omniscient must expound excellently on Shruta Dharma and Charitra Dharma. You must engage yourself in these Dharmas. One should carry on this contemplation again and again.
Bodhidurlabh
The 4 auxilary Bhavnas are:
⚫ Maitri Bhavna - Maitri Bhavna means contemplation of friendship. We should all be friends with living beings.
• Pramod Bhavna - Pramod Bhavna means contemplation of appreciation. We appreciate everyone. We should not live our life in jealousy.
Karuna Bhavna - Karuna Bhavna means contemplation of compassion. When someone is in trouble and is in a time of need, instead of being disgusted and showing hatred we should show compassion at a time like this. Madhyastha Bhavna Madhaystha Bhavna means contemplation of neutrality. When you yourself are in a time of need you shouldn't be disappointed, try motivation yourself to do better next time and say "I did my best."
My favorite Bhavna is one of the auxilary Bhavna called Maitri Bhavna. I like this one the best because it means that you should be friends with every living being on Earth. Friendship with everything and everyone will lead us to be caring, forgiving, and tolerant with one another.
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"Live and Help Live"
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(11) The Jain Bhavnas - Harsh Mehta In the Jain temple, Bhavanas are held at the end of the month every month. I will explain you the twelve main Bhavanas and the four auxiliary Bhavanas. The first Main Bhavana is the Anitya Bhavana. Anitya means nonperishable and by meditating during the Bhavana it reminds us that everything including your loved ones is perishable and that you should not mourn when a loved one dies. Now some of you must have had a loved one that died and must be asking how you should react when a loved one is dead. You should not feel bad for the loss because every living being that is born has to die one day and we cannot stop it. If you do this all the time, then you will remove all your Mohniya karma. Basically you want to strive to reach our souls ultimate destiny which is to be free of life and death.
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The next Bhavana is the Asarana Bhavana. While learning about the Asarana Bhavna, think about a refugee. The Bhavna states that no one or nothing can help you. Have you heard of Martin Luther King? He was a well known black civil rights activist in America. Despite the good causes he was fighting for and the number of followers he had; he was still assassinated. Nothing could protect him from death. Once we endure these karmas, we have to shed these and when we do, our soul will attain Moksha.
The third Bhavana is the Samsara Bhavana. The Samsara Bhavna says that there is no permanent relationship in the universe. People think that the soul transmigrates from one life to the other and takes a birth in a human, animal, hellish, or heavenly body. The continual cycle of birth, life, and death is full of pain and miseries. There are no permanent worldly relations like father, mother, friend, and foe. It is we who establish these relations and live accordingly. You need to think of that when you think you need someone to stay with you because you have to attain non attachment in order to attain Moksha.
