Jainism For Beginners Level 03

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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Living beings -6 substances I
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b. Three Sensed Beings Teindriya Jiva
hree sensed beings have the senses
have beampies
are bugs, lice, white ants, moths, insects in wheat, grains, and centipedes.
चतुरिन्द्रिय
बिच्छू
इल्ली
मकड़ी
fest
c. Four Sensed Beings
Chaurindriya Jiva
पंचेन्द्रिय
our sensed beings have the senses
जलचर, थलचर, खेचर, मनुष्य, देव इत्यादि
d. Five Sensed Beings Panchendriya Jiva
Five
ive sensed beings have all the five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing, Examples are human beings, cows, lions, fish, birds, etc.
Why is this KNOWLEDGE
IMPORTANT
ife can not exist without Food to eat
and we cannot have food without some sort of violence. However, as Jains, we belive in minimizing violence. It is more harmful if we kill a life of a higher consciouness (more than one sense).
According to JAINSIM
Fo
of touch, taste, smell and sight. The degree of limsa is dependent
on the development of the senses
Examples are scorpions, crickets. spiders, beetles, locusts, and flies.
of the soul that is killed. Thus, killing