Nandanvana

Author(s): N L Jain
Publisher: Parshwanath Vidyapith

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or desires, D are directly proportional to pains, W and inversely proportional to happiness, H one could, thus, express:
D α Ρα W
HO Roc 1/P o 1/W. (c) World as a Cyclic Whirlpool: The world is assumed to be a cyclic whirlpool. The centrifugal forces of passions and possessions are working upon it for strengthening the rebirth-cycles. In contrast, observance of vows and austerities are working against it to counteract the above process. It is clears that until the centrifugal forces have exceeded the quantum of centripetal forces; no ultimate happiness or salvation will crystallize. Hence, for happiness:
Centrifugal forces of non-attachment >> centripetal forces of passions
(d) Volitional Purity, Destinities and Karmic Density: There are four destinities, Dy. - infernal, sub-human, human and celestial - for the living beings in order of decreasing karmic density, Dk and increasing volitional purity Vp. This means that the volitional purity of the living beings is inversely proportional to karmic density, Dk and destinity, Dy. The Jaina system encourages the living beings to mutate their quality of purity to higher and higher levels through the process of reducing karmic density. Thus, combining the earlier formulae, we have,
Volitional purity, Vp oc 1/Dk Higher Destinity, Dy oc 1/Dk
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Inner Purity oc 1/Dy oc 1/Dk oc H Thus, the inner or volitional purity is directly proportional to happiness.
(e) Happiness and Karmic Density: In order to attain the highest state of happiness, one must have Dk tending to zero, so that H becomes infinity. Thus if H is defined as H = D/Di = 1/Dk
(9) Where, D is desires or passions fulfilled; Di is the total number of desires, which is normally infinite; and Dk is karmic density.
The religion has an objective to have H = infinity. The common man can only imagine the realisability of such a condition. Hence, he feels his mission of worldly life is to try to attain such a condition.
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