Book Title: Jiva Vichar
Author(s): Hemchandrasuri Acharya
Publisher: Sanghvi Ambalal Ratanchand Jain Dharmik Trust

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________________ NAV-TATTVA shouldn't desire precious clothes, but should wear wornout clothes. ARATI (tedium) - One shouldn't be disgusted if adversities come in ascetic life, but should be absorbed in good emotions and shoudn't desire to give up monkhood. STRI (woman) - Woman is an obstacle in the ascetic life. So, one shouldn't even glance at her affectionately, shouldn't view her bodyparts, shouldn't think about her, shouldn't become her subordinate. 9) CHARYA (migration) - One shoudn't stay in one place for a long period but should migrate from place to place, should practise ninefold migration, shouldn't be disgusted while migration. 10) NAISHEDHIKISTHAN (solitary place) - One should stay in emptyhouses, in burial places etc. or should stay in places devoid of women, eunuchs, animals etc. One shouldn't be agitated even if he receives an adverse place. 11) SHAYYA (place for sleeping). One shouldn't be agitated if he gets adverse place with ups and downs for sleeping and shouldn't be happy if he gets favourable place for sleeping. 12) AAKROSH (anger) :- If someone speaks harsh words one shouldn't hate him, but should regard him as an obliger. 13) VADH (killing) - If someone kills, even then one shouldn't hate him and shouldn't have bad thoughts in mind. 14) YACHANA (request) :- One shouldn't feel ashame to request for food, water, clothes etc. 15) ALABH (lack of gain) :- If one doesn't get a particular 60 Nav-TATIVA thing even after requesting for it then he shouldn't be agitated but should take it as a fruit of labhantaraya karma (karma causing obstacles in gains). 16) ROG (disease):- A sthavirkalpi saint, when diseased, practises faultless treatments, in accordance with the system described in scriptures to cure it and if it isn't cured, even then he remains tranquil and takes it as a fruit of karma. 17) TRUN (grass) :- While sleeping on grass- santhara if its edges pierce the body or while sleeping on a woolen-santhara if it itches, even then one shouldn't be agitated. 18) MAL (dirt) - One shouldn't dislike dirty body or dirty clothes, and shouldn't try to clean them. 19) SATKAAR (honour) - If one gets honour in the society he shouldn't feel happy and if he doesn't get it, he shouldn't be agitated. 20) PRAGNA (intellect) - If one is very intelligent or scholar and people praise him very much, he shouldn't be proud listening to it, but he should think that many great scholars many times more intelligent than me have been in the past. In comparision to their ocean of knowledge my knowledge is not more than a droplet. 21) AGNAN (Ignorance) :- If one is dull or ignorant he shouldn't be agitated, but taking it as a fruit of gnanavarniya karma he should get absorbed in ascetic activities. 22) SAMYAKTVA (faith) :- One shouldn't loose his faith in Jainism even if he has to face adversities or hindrances, or if he doesn't understand deep meanings of scriptures or even if he views magic in other religions.

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