Prabuddha Jivan 2015 03 Anekantvad Syadvad ane Nayvad Visheshank

Author(s): Dhanvant Shah
Publisher: Mumbai Jain Yuvak Sangh

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અનેકતવાદ, ચીર્વાદ માર્ચ ૨૦૧૫ • પ્રબુદ્ધ જીવન ૦ અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ૯ પૃષ્ઠ ૧૩૭ પાદ, સ્યાદુર્વાદ અને
અનેકાdવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને યવાદ વિશેષક F અનેકન્તિવીદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક 4 અનેકોdવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક 4 અનેકન્તિવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવાદ વિરોષક ૬ અનેકન્તિવાદ, સ્વાસ્વાદ
normally live in the heavens (Kalpas) of the upper every living being is born several times on the cycle world. These celestioal beings can be either born in of transmigration. In it, Asura and Naga celestials proparadies' (Kalpopapanna) or beyond the Kalpasi duce rain or thunder. The nine Gods of the Limits of
(Kalpātita). Jaina texts describe fourteen heavens. the World' (Lokāntikas), the guardians of the four car5 Kalpopannas live in the first twelve heavens, where dinal directions and the four intermediate directions, 5
they have a social structure of princes, ministers, and the zenith, reside in the fifth heaven. courtesans, bodyguards, police, troops, citizens. There are sixty-two layers of Celestial Chariots' servants and country people. Kalpātitas are them- in the heaven and beyond, arranged to prevent colliselves like "Heavenly Kings' and do not have need sions, Jain texts descirbe thirteen layers in of any social structure. Their needs are fulfilled sim- Saudharma and Isāna, twelve in Sanatkumāra and ply by their wishes. The first twelve kalpas are sym- Mahendra, six in Brahmaloka, five in Lokāntika, four bolized by animals; deer, buffalo, bear, lion, goat, in Sahasrāra, and four in Anata and Pranata and four leopard, horse, elephant, cobra, rhinoceros, bull and in the Aran and Acuta regions of the heaven. There antelope.
are nine layers in Graiveyakas and single layer in Occasionally, heavenly beings pass from one part Anuttara. of the world to another. Sometimes they pay visits to The nine Graiveyakas and five 'unsurpassables's those who were their friends in earlier existences, (Annuttaras) reside in the thirteenth and fourteenth
either to guide them or to help them in the consecra- heavens. Annuttaras are very close to that final perPation ceremony of a recently born human designated fection which they will atain after two human births.
to be Tirthankara. Sometimes they are pleased with Under the crescent of Siddha Silā, the all-accom
the sincere devotion to them and may help their devo- plished' celestials (sarvāthasiddha) reside and they 5 tees with material wealth. They possess miraculous will rebron just once as humans, since human existw chariots in which they travel, hence their description ence is the only one through which one may attain in Jain text is found as Celestial-carred'.
liberation. They must pass through one more human The serenity of the inhabitants of the paradises life. increases gradullay as one goes upward through the Jainas believe that rebirth is dependent on the levels of the upper world Their lifespan, power merit and demerit acquired in previous lives, and on rediance, morality and sphere of their sensory and the maturing of attched Karma to the soul. Humans
super sensory knowledge, differentiate celestial be- and five-sensed anmimals have the possibility of atuyings from each other, which increase proportionally taining heavenly life in the upper world. The Heavas one moves up the ladder of heavens.
enly beings and the Hellish beings are not reborn as Female celestials are born only in the two lowest celestials. heavans. Their movements are restricted as far as Ascetics, whether Jains or not, who venerate spirithe eighth paradise. The sexual enjoyment of the two tual teachers and their doctrine, wear spiritual teachlowest celetial beings is similar to that of humans. ers and their doctrine, wear the insignia of their reliThe higher the level of the celesial beings, the more gion, repeat and teach the scriptures to lay people, subtle is their sexual life. It is sufficient for them to and who observe Right conduct (but do not have Right touch, to see or to simply hear Goddesses, to sat- Faith) can be reborn up to the ninth heaven. isfy their sexual urge. The celestial of the tenth and The Middle world :
the elevanth paradises can satisfy their urges by The Middle world is the region from where the soul 3 i imaginnig the object of their desires. Finally, beyond can attain liberation. Jaina Cosmology pictures the
the twelfth paradise, they are rid of their passions. middle world as a flat, elliptical, disk, one Rajju wide E Č They are pure, satisfied and serene.
and 100,000 yojanas high. It is made up of concen5 The first four and the last four paradise are usu- tric ring of 'Continents' and 'Oceans', as diagram
ally grouped in pairs. The celestial world also con- matically shown in figure 3.2. In the centre of the 5 štains matter and darkness, since water and vegetable middle world is the Jambu Continent with a diameter 5
particles issuing form one of the large seas of the of a hundred thousand yojanas. A Salty ocean
middle world spread right up to the fifth heaven, (Lavana-Samudra) of twice the area of a Jambu Conw Brahmaloka. In this level of the fifth heaven eight tinent surrounds it. Lavana Samudra contains four w
dark masses (Krsnarājis), or conglomerations are vast receptacles (Pātāla), at the four cardinal points. Ě found, In these masses are the lower forms fo life; which function to produce tides along with
અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને નયવાદવિશેષાંક ક્ક અનેકાત્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્ધવાદ અને વયવાદ વિશેષાંક ક અનેકાન્તવાદ, સ્યાદ્વવાદ અને વયવાદ વિશેષુક " અનેકન્તિવાદ, સ્યાદ્વવાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષક અકીત્તવાદ, સ્યાદવીદ
અનેકાંતવાદ, ચાદ્દવીદ અને તેયવાદ વિશેષાંક ક અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને નયવાદ વિશેષાંક ¥ અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્દ
અને વયવાદ વિશેષાંક ર્ક અનેકાંતવાદ, સ્યાદ્વાદ અને