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JAINA CONVENTION 2011
The fourth Bhavna is the Ekatva Bhavna. Under this reflection, one thinks that the soul is solitaire, and lonely in existence. The soul assumes birth alone, and departs alone from this world. The soul is responsible for its own actions and karmas. The soul will enjoy the fruits, and suffer the bad consequences of its own action alone. Such thoughts will stimulate his efforts to get rid of karmas by his own initiative and will lead religious life.
The fifth Bhavna is the Anyatva Bhavna. Under this Bhavna, one thinks that one's own soul is separate from any other objects or living beings of the world. Even his physical body is also not his. At the time of death, soul leaves the body behind. The body is matter, while the soul is all consciousness. The soul therefore should not develop attachment for worldly objects, other living beings, or to his physical body. He should not allow himself to be controlled by desires, greed, and urges of his own physical body.
The sixth Bhavna is the Asuci Bhavna. Under this reflection, one thinks about the constituent element of one's body. It is made of impure things like blood, bones, flesh, etc. It also generates impure things like perspiration, urine, and stool. The soul, which. resides within the body, remains unattached to the body. The soul is alone, pure, and liberated. The body ultimately ultimately becomes nonexistent, but the soul is eternal. Therefore emotional attachments to the body are useless.
The seventh Bhavna is the Asrava Bhavna. Under this Bhavna, one thinks about karma streaming into the soul. Every time he enjoys or suffers through his five senses (touch, taste, and smell, sight, hearing), he accumulates more karma. This thought will make him more careful, and will try to stop the influx of karmas.
The eight Bhavna is the Samvara Bhavna. Under this Bhavna one thinks about stopping evil thoughts, and becomes absorbed in achieving spiritual knowledge and meditation. This prevents the influx of karma.
"Live and Help Live"
The ninth Bhavna is the Nirjara Bhavna. This Bhavna reflects the idea of shedding our karmas and where possible, bringing them to fruition early so that we can get to moksha quicker. There are 12 types of tapas/austerities that we can perform to help us destroy our already bound karmas. However, it's not like dieting, whereby if you eat specific things or do certain exercises, you'll lose weight. This action of shedding karmas needs to be carried out with the correct understanding and with spirituality. Otherwise it will not work. It be would wise to seek guidance from someone who has true knowledge for example, someone who has samyak darshan i.e. they have experienced their soul; before deciding which austerities to follow.
The tenth Bhavna is the Loka Bhavna. This Bhavana reflects the idea that the universe is made up of 14 worlds. Rather than, focusing on the worlds themselves, we need to understand that the soul migrates from one world to another because of the karma bound to it. In order to stop this endless wandering we need to reflect on all the Bhavanas in order to stop binding more karma.
The eleventh Bhavna is Bodhi Bhavna. Under this Bhavna, a person thinks that it is very difficult for his soul to acquire the three jewels. Having this thought increases the souls will to attain Right Faith, Right Knowledge, and Right conduct.
The twelfth and last main Bhavna is the Dharma (Religion) Bhavna. This Bhavna leads the soul to believe that there is only agony in the world. This makes the soul try hard to go into a religious state, so it can reduce the agony.
My favorite Bhavna is the Dharma Bhavna because it actually makes your soul believe more into religion which in turn makes you learn all about attaining Moksha. Basically if you learn the Dharma Bhavna you can do everything related to religion.
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