Jainism For Beginners Level 03

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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Innumerable Samays = One Avalika (time required to blink an eye)
16,777,216 Avalikas = 1 Muhurt (48 minutes)
30 Muhurts -One day
the Utsarpini half cycle; progress, development, happiness, strength, age, body, religious trends, etc.. go from the worst conditions to the best. During the Avasarpini half cycle, progress, development, happiness, strength, age, body, religious trends, etc. go from the best conditions to the worst. Presently, we are in the fifth Aara of the Avasarpini phase. When the Avasarpini phase ends the Utsarpini phase begins. The Kalchakra repeats and continues forever.
15 days = One fortnight
2 fortnights = One Month
12 months = One year
5 Years = One Yuga
8,400,000 x 8.400.000 vears = One Purva (70.560,000,000,000 Years)
Each Aara is divided into six parts. The duration and the name of each part is as follows: The six Aaras are:
Innumerable years = One Palyopams*
10 x 10,000,000 x 10,000,000 Palyopams = One Sagaropam
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Susham Susham Kal - Happy Happy (happiness all the time).
10x 10,000,000x 10,000,000 Sagaropams = Avasarpini or Utsarpini (Half Cycle)
Susham Kal - Happy (happiness).
Non living beings - 6 substances II
20x10,000,000 x 10,000,000 Sagaropams =One Time Cycle
Susham Dusham Kal - Happy Unhappy (happiness with some unhappiness).
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Dusham Susham Kal - Unhappy Happy (unhappiness with some happiness).
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Time is infinite, without any beginning or end. Time is divided into infinite equal time cycles (Kalchakras). Every time cycle is further sub-divided in two equal halves. The first half is the progressive cycle or ascending orders, called Utsarpini. The other half is the regressive cycle or the descending order called Avasarpini. Every Utsarpini and Avasarpini is divided into six unequal periods called Aaras. During
Dusham Kal - Unhappy (unhappiness).
Dusham Dusham Kal - Unhappy Unhappy (unhappiness all the time).
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