Practical Path

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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THE PRACTICAL PATH.
(v) Anyatvâ bhâranâ. —' Soul is distinct from the
body ; it is also distinct from one's wife and child; at the moment of death it leaves them all-its body, relations, and the like --behind ; when one's body even is not one's own, what good is to be had out of regard
ing any one else as one's own ?' (vi) Asuchi bhavaná.— The body is full of
foul matter; it is constantly passing out filth; if its skin be removed, it would cease to be attractive; it cannot be purified by unguents and scents; it is only a store-house of impurities ; faces, saliva, etc., does it contain ; fool, indeed, is he who allows such a body to become his master ; it is to be treated as
a slave.' (vii) Asrava bhavanâ.--'Âsrava is the cause of
the influx of karmas ; all kinds of evil arise from it; the wise should know and understand the nature of asrava, and control his
conduct.' (viii) Samvara bhavana (meditation on the nature
of samvara). (ix, Nirjara bhavana (meditation on the nature of
nirjarâ tattva). (x) Loka* (universe) bhavanâ (one should meditate
* Meditation on the form of the universe, its principal divisions, and the conditions of life which prevail therein is called the lokabhavand. The infinity of ákáśu (space) is divided into two parts, the lokákása (universe) and the alokákása (the region beyond the universo). Nothing but pure space is to be found in the