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A SOURCE-BOOK IN JAINA PHILOSOPHY
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Dravyasarnvara (material check-up of influx) means the checkup of receiving the karma-pudgalas ; while bhāvasaṁvara (thought check-up of influx) includes to give up the activities which are cause of increasing the circle of life and death, and to indulge himself in bis own spiritual sūddhopayoga (natural conscious attentiveness). So, samiti (vigilance), gupti (self-restraince) etc., are regarded as bhāva-saṁvara (thought check up of influx).
An example will be sufficient to clearly understand the subject.
Suppose, a man is throwing off water so that the pond may be empty. He is working hard ; but the water of pond is as much as before was. What is the reason ? The reason is that the water is regularly flowing in through the channels. How the pond may be empty ? He should first of all check-up the channels so that water may not flow in. Then he should throw off the water. By this process the pond will be empty.
So is the position of samvara. Now let us express the above example.
The ātman is a pond. The karma is like a water, which is filled in. Asravas are the channels though the medium, new karmas regularly coming, as water flows in through channels. A devotee is throwing off karmas by meditation and penances; but he does not check-up the channels through which newly bound karmas are regularly flowing in. Imagine, how could he accomplish his goal of mukti or to be free from the ties of karmas ?
Hence, samvara or to check-up the inflow of karmas is too much essential to get salvation.
TYPES OF SAVARA Gupti (self-restraince), samiti (vigilance), uttama kşamā (excellent forgiveness) etc. ten śramaņa dharmas, anuprekşā (reflection), parişaha-jaya (victory over the hinderances during penances) and charitra (right conduct) are the ingredients of sarvara, according to Tattvārthasūtra.' By all these, the saṁvara becomes complete. The
1. Tattvārıhasūtra, 9/2.
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