Jaina Path of Ahimsa

Author(s): Vilas Sangve
Publisher: Bhagwan Mahavir Research Centre

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The Jaina Path Of Ahimsa
8. Uttama-tyāga, i.... Supreme renunciation, 9. Uttama-Ākinchwin, I.C., supreme non-attachment or not taking
the non-self for one's own sell, and 10. Uttama-Brahmachuna, i.e., Supreme chastity. (2) Anuprekshas :
In addition to ten noble virtues, every pious person is expected to contemplate on the following twelve ‘Anuprekshās' i. e., the ideas which must be kept at the focus of thoughts constantly.
1 Anitya anuprekshā, i.e., impermanence or in other words everything is subject to change or is transitory,
2. Asarana anuprekshā, meaning without refuge or unprotectiveness or helplessness. The feeling that soul is unprotected from fruition of Karmas, for example, death, etc.,
3. Samsāra anuprekshā, i. e., mundaneness or cycle of births and deaths. Soul moves in the cycle of existences and cannot attain true happiness till it is cut off.
4. Ekatva anuprekshā, i.e., loneliness. I am alone, the doer of my actions and the enjoyer of the fruits of them.
5. Anyatva anuprekshā, i. e., separateness or difference in nature. The world, my relations and friends, my body and mind, they are all distinct and separate from my real self.
6. Asuchi anuprekshā, i.e., impurity. The body is impure and dirty.
7. Asrava anuprekshā, i.e., inflow. The inflow of Karmas is the cause of my mundane existence and is the product of passions.
8. Sanivara anuprekshā, i. e. stoppage. The inflow of Karma must be stopped.
9. Nirjarā anuprekshā, i.e., shedding. The old Karmic matter must be shed from or shaken out of the soul.
10. Loka anuprekshā, i.e., the world or the universe. The nature of the universe and its constituent elements in all their vast variety proving the insignificance and miserable nothingness of man in time and space.
11. Bodhi-durlabha anupreksha, i.e., variety of religious knowledge. It is difficult to attain right belief, right knowledge and right conduct.