Pictorial Philosophical Balpothi

Author(s): Bhuvanbhanusuri
Publisher: Divya Darshan Trust

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SAMVAR
Karma gets stuck to a soul through asrav. The act, which prohibits asrav and stops karma, is known as Samvar. There are six types of samvars that stop karmas.
(1) Samiti (2) Gupti (3) Parishah (4) Yatidharma (5) Bhavana and (6) charitra
(1) Samiti means careful, thoughtful and merciful act. (a) To take care that a being does not get killed while walking, (b) To be
cautious about not telling lie or any words that hurt, (c) Means of living like water and eatables should be earned and used without committing sins like violence, attachment, pride etc., (d) Utmost care should be taken while putting and taking the things and (e) Care should be taken at the place of excretion and urination that a being does not get killed. (2) Gupti means to stop unholy thoughts, speech and behaviour and to be in holy thoughts, speech and behaviour. (3) Parishah means to tolerate hunger and thirst, heat and cold, mosquito bites, pain and disease, ignorance etc. by considering them to be helpful in annihilation of karma. Not feeling proud on one's cleverness or to show pleasure while being welcomed is also called parishah.
(4) Yatidharma means holy behaviour that has been woven naturally in the life of sadhu bhagwants. There are ten such Qualities. (1) forgiveness (2) humbleness (3) humility (4) uncovetous (non-attachment on the circumstaces or property) (5) truth (6) restraint (7) penance (8) renunciation (9) non-accumulation and (10) celibacy. As these elements go on getting woven in the life gradually, it stops the arrival of karmas.
(5) Bhavana means pondering, which produces virtues like detachament, devotion, generosity etc. e.g. all the circumstances in this world are momentary and perishable. A being does not have any refuge other than God, Guru and Religion. This world is strange and worthless etc. In the scriptures, so many types of bhavanas have been described; e.g. 12 bhavanas like Anitya, Asharan etc., 4 bhavanas like maitree (friendship with all) etc.
(6) Charitra means to give up sins like violence etc. by taking vow, doing samayik etc.
Whatever the sinful worldly activities get stopped by joining in religious tasks like worship of God and service of Jain shasan etc. such an amount of samvar is said to be done.
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