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10+ years, etc.
Pañcāstikāya (Five Bodied Existences) –
Out of the six types of matter one living and five nonliving- mentioned above, five except the Kāla, are real (i.e. they exist) and form aggregates (bodies) while Kāla is real (it exists) but it does not form aggregates. The five that exist in bodied existence are termed as Astikāyas while time is excluded from this classification for its inability to form aggregates. Singly, they are respectively called I. Jīvāstikāya, 2. Pudgalāstikāya, 3. Dharma-stikāya, 4. Adharmāstikāya and 5. Ākāśāstikāya. Collectively, the five are referred to as Pañcāstikāya.
Kotakoti Varsa -
3. Punya Tattva (Pious Activities) –
Punya is defined as those actions that yield pleasurable fruition for the doer to enjoy when he reaps the fruits of his actions. This definition is linked with the action (karma) and its inevitable favourable or pleasurable retribution. The meritorious actions attract pious karma-matter towards the soul (Punyasrava) and under right psychic dispositions they get bound with it (Punyabandha). When such karmic bondage ripens and yields fruits, they are invariably pleasurable. Thus, the discussion about the fundamental of merit cannot be de-linked from that of karmic influx and bondage.
The types of actions that are considered pious or meritorious are - Prasasta Rāga (commendable attachment towards the faith, the Prophets and the preceptors), Anukampā or compassionate disposition, Dāna or giving charity of food, clothes and shelter to the deserving, thinking well of others, giving verbal solace to the suffering, serving the elders and the aged, helping the needy. bowing to the venerable, etc.
From the stand-point of types of karmic influx and bondage that takes place while enjo, ing the fruits of earlier bonded
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