Jainism For Beginners Level 03

Author(s): Sayampurnashreeji
Publisher: Sayampurnashreeji

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here is a deep connection between action
and cause. Without a cause no action can take place. Samavay is the name given to the connection between action and cause. Five kinds of Samavay have been mentioned. Only by means of these five, the entire drama of the universe is going on.
Kal: Time, Swabhav: Nature, Bhavitavyata-niyati: Fate, Karma: Action, Purusharth: Efforts.
The
Tive
amare
Those who give importance to anyone of them separately, deem it all important and ignore the others. But the anekantdrishti, the comprehensive vision of the jain Dharma rejects this absolutely one-sided view or this way of viewing things from a single point of view. The Jain philosophy views and reveals the importance of every Samavay from the point of view of multiple-vision; and considers these five Samavays the cause for any action or reaction. It is not right to deem one of them as important and the other four as secondary Without the five, nothing can take place. Anyone of them, alone, can do nothing. They can do anything only when they act jointly.
CAUSES
The Five Samavay Causes
[1]
KAL
TIME
ime is the doer and undoer of the whole
universe. It is the one that makes and mars everything in the universe. The whole universe is in its power or hold. If we sow seeds today they do not give fruits tomorrow. There is the need for some time; some time
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