Jain Lesson II

Author(s): JAINA Education Committee
Publisher: Diwakar Prakashan

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So human beings are the five-sensed living beings.
Komal : Sir, do all living beings in the world have all the
five senses like us? Teacher : Can anyone answer that? 10 OTVARI
(Silence in the class)
Teacher : No. Some living beings have five senses like us,
while others might have four, three, two, or one sense. Just like us, animals and birds have five senses. Insects may have four, three, or two senses and plants have only one sense. We also say them Panchendriya (Five-sensed) Jiva, Chaturendriya (Four-sensed) Jiva, Triendriya (Three-sensed) Jiva, Dwitendriya (Two-sensed) Jiva and Ekendriya (One-sensed) Jiva. We are very lucky that we have all five senses. So we should be very careful how we use them.
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