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Samyak Darshan JnnChritrani

Mokshmrgah


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! Sermons of Mahvira

! Scripture to learn All That Is (JainReligion, Ethics, Philosophy)

! 344 Sutras (357 per sometradition)- Sanskrit Language

! Written by Umsvti in thesecond century

! Translated by Dr. Nathmal Tatia,


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1. The Categories of Truth

2. The Nature of the Soul

3. The Lower and Middle Region

4. The Gods

5. Substances

6. The Inflow of Karma

7. The Vows


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! Better understand Jain philosophy

! What we should be aware of in our

daily practice! Be able to explain the fundamentals to

our family and friends

! Teach! Appreciate other schools of thoughts

BE MORE SPIRITUAL !


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(Part 1)! Introduction

! Who Am I

! Enlightened Person! Six Universal Sub.

! Knowledge

! Anektavda

! Souls Link to theWorld


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Part 2

! Karmic Bondage!

Inhibiting and Wearing off Karma! Vows

! 14 Gunsthns! Meditation

! Liberation!

Discussions


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! The Goal of Human Life is

Liberation

! Liberation is PerfectKnowledge, Perfect

Intuition, and Eternal Bliss

! AllKnowledge is PartialTruth Except Omniscience

Liberation

Omniscience


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! Perfect, Enlightened, Righteous,Right, Complete

! Samyktava


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! Non-Violence (Ahims)

! Strengthens the autonomy of lifeof every being

! Non-Absolutism (Anekntavda)

! Strengthens the autonomy ofthought of every individual

" Naya-vda relates to thoughts andanalysis

" Sydvda relates to speech (language toexpress obvious paradox)


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! Nonviolence Unlimited

! Tolerance Unconditional!

Reverence for life Supreme

Which one will you select?

1 Insistence on Life

2 Insistence on Truth


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?! Why am I here?! From where did I come?! Where am I going?


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! I am a symbiosis of physical andspiritual substances

!

Why am I here?I am here to realize who I am! From where did I come?

I come from the past karmicinfluences! Where am I going?

I am moving towards liberation


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Samyak Darshan Jnn Chritrani

Mokshmrgah

Enlightened World View

Enlightened KnowledgeEnlightened Conduct

Cause----Effect----


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WanderingSouls

TIME A

WARENES

S


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What specific qualities distinguish an

enlightened person! 1.

! 2.

! 3.

!

4.

Which of these qualities do

I possess ?


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! Calmness! Desire for Liberation! Distaste (detachment) for worldly life! Compassion!

Faith in transmigration (karma theory)


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! stikya Belief in the fundamentalsand conviction

! Anukamp Compassion

! Nirveda Dispassionate anddetached view of

things!

Samvega Keenness forrighteousness and

positive

motivation


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! Enlightened World-View (Samyak Darshan)

! Enlightened Knowledge (Samyak Jnn)! Types of Knowledge

! Bhvans

! Enlightened Action (Samyak Chritra)! Lay Vows (Anu-vrata)

! Holy Vows (Mah-vrata)


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WanderingSouls

Karmic Bondageand Inflow

Omniscience

andLiberation

Karmic

Shedding

The Vows

Non-

Violence

Purityof Thought

TIME A

WARENES

S


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! Beginninglessness! Interdependent co-

existence of Physicaland Spiritual Reality

! Interaction between

Soul and matter.! Modern- ignores the

Soul


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! Cause and Effect (through Karma)


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! Impact of failure to grasp this--Personality Problems-Physical or

Spiritual

--Social Problems-

--Economic Decline-by ignoring theharmony of soul and physical world

--Environmental Declinefailure torecognize our interdependence withphysical world


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Souls render service to one another

! Souls influence each other through service which

may be favorable or unfavorable

! They cannot live independently of one another ...

! All things are autonomous and interdependent

! They must bear the karmic results individually..

! They create a common environment and lietogether in wealth and woe

! Our joint responsibility for the common

environment we create and share


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Jiva (Chetan)Ajiva (Achetan)

(Medium of rest)

(Medium of motion)


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Matter has qualities of touch, taste, smell,color

Atoms

(Parmnu)

Clusters

(Skandha)


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Gateways Of

Investigation

Approved

Means Of

Knowledge

Philosophical

Standpoint

The categories of truthcan be understood withmore precision andclarity through these 3ways


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Clairvoyant

Mind-reading

Omniscient

Act of seeing the objectsof anothers mind

Knowledge of all othersubstances in all their modes

Perception of things that are outof the natural range of senses

Empirical

Articulate

Gained through the senses

Minds ability to comprehendwhat is sensed

Conceptualization through language

KNOWLEDGEMediate (Acquired) Immediate (Innate)


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MoreDelusion

MoreEnlightened

*

Partial Elimination

&

Partial Suppression

Clairvoyance

#Other than omniscience, all other categories aremixture of knowledge & ignorance#Omniscience is perfect Innate, pure

enlightenment


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VIEWS OF REALITY

Philosophy Of Being(Unchanging)

StressesSubstance

EVERUNCHANGING

LIKETHE SUN

Philosophy Of Becoming Always Changing)

StressesModes

EVERCHANGINGLIKE THEWEATHER

Philosophy of Being (substances) and

Philosophy of Becoming (modes) AreBoth Real And Inte ral


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Reality = Substance + Quality + Modes

ModesWater

H2O2


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The same reality can be viewedfrom different standpoints - Doctrine of MAY-BE

water


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SOUL

Multiplicity of Viewpoints


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Multiplicity of Viewpoints[ANEKNTA-VDA]

EXISTENCE NON-EXISTENCE

INEXPRESSIBILITY

1 2

3

6

4

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The Seven Fold Predication of the Real


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Anekntvda

- Reduce Ego

- Keep an open mind

Truth Exists(Time Specific)


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SPIRITUALITY IS SOUL

! 2 CLASSES

! 3 QUALITIES

!

5 STATES


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CLASSES OF SOUL

! 2 CLASSES


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QUALITIES OF SOUL

! 3 QUALITIES


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STATES OF SOUL

5 STATES


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Circle of Life

Moksha

and Death


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BEINGS (VITALITIES) SENSES PrnaEarth, water, plant, fire, air (1-4) Touch

Worms, leeches, mussels (1-6) Touch, tasteAnts, plant-lice, termites (1- 7) Touch, taste, smell

Wasps, gnats (1-8) Touch, taste, smell, sight

Fish, birds (Non-rational) (1-9) Touch, taste, smell,

sight, hearingHumans, infernals (Rational) (1-10) Touch, taste, smell, sight,

hearing


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BODY TYPES DEFINITION EXAMPLE

Gross Body Visible Bulky Body Human

Protean Body Cluster Body of Matter Devas

Conveyance Body Auspicious White and PureMaterial

Fiery (Electrical) Body Digests Food forSub-bodies Nourishment of the Gross Body

Karmic Body The Basket That Holds All bodiesthe Karmic Particles of the Soul


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! Audrika! Vaikrya!

harak! Taijas

! Krman


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RebirthIn The Same Body In Some SingleCell Creatures

M

O

K

S

H

A

or

DeathExhaustion Of Lifespan Karma And

Active Arising of New Life Span Karma

Soul MovementStraight Line: From Momentum Of Its Past

Karma

Turning Line: Obtains Impetus FromAssociated Karmas

Arising

Exhaustion

+ -


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! Jiva (souls)! Ajiva (non-sentient entities)! srav (inflow of karmic particles to the soul)! Bandha (binding of karmic particles to the soul)! Samvar (stopping the karmic inflow)!

Nirjar (falling away of karmic particles)! Moksha (liberation from worldly bondage)


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! Bondage is the process by whichkarma are attached to the soul

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- -+


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Speech

Body

Mind

+

Karma Inflow


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++++


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Scenario: A person meeting an accident with a car

Result: Vibration of soul in association with mind

and body

Events:! Evil thoughts -- srava! Mind constantly thinking -- Bandha! Jo hona tha so ho gaya-- Samvar

!

Practice austerity -- Nirjar


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! Knowledge Covering

! Intuition Covering

!

Obstructive! Deluding (View, Conduct)

GhatiKarma

Ag

h

tiK

a rm

a

! Life Span

! Body! Status! Feeling Pertaining


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KarmicParticles

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- +

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+ -

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+

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Actions

DormantKarma

Fruition TakingPlace

Stron

gWill-

Pow

er

Strong

Passions

StrongIntensity

Less Intensity

Inhibition and Wearing off

Onlynon-destructive

Karmas

Omniscient


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Give worldlypleasures

Give worldlypain

More harmfulkarmas

More beneficialkarmas


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! During the last week what have you done(thoughts, action, speech) that acquired harmfulkarmas..........

! What specific action you took to minimize thesekarmic inflow?


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! Walking

! Speaking! Seeking Alms! Handling Objects of Daily Use

!

Disposing of Excreta


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Forgiveness

Straightforwardness

Purity

Truthfulness

Self Restraint

Austerity

Renunciation

Detachment

ContinenceHumility


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! Ksham (forbearance)! Mrdava (humility)! rjava (straightforwardness)!

Shaucha (absence of greed, purity of mind)! Satya (truthfulness)! Sanyam (self-restraint)! Tapa (penance)! Tyg (renunciation)! kinchanya (absence of a feeling of ownership)! Brahmacharya (celibacy)


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! Inhibiting ofKarma

! Wearing off ofKarma

! Nature ofCosmos

! Rairity ofEnlightenment

! Lucid

! Impermanence

! Helplessness!

Cycles of Birth/Death! Solitariness

!

Otherness of Body! Impurity of the

Body

!

Inflow of Karma


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!

Hunger! Thirst

! Cold

!

Heat! Insect Bites

! Nudity

! Ennui

! Women(Sexualurges)

! Travel

! Seat/Posture

!

Indignation! Injury!Seeking Alms

! Lack of Gain!Physical Ailment!Thorny grass

! Dirt

! Honor and Reward! Learning! Lack of Intelligence!

Loss of Faith


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! Fasting

! Semi-Fasting! Limiting the Variety

! Giving up Delicacies

! Lonely Habitation

! Mortification of Body

! Penance

! Reverence!

Service! Scriptural Study

! Renunciation!

Meditation


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! List three Hardships have you experiencedtoday ?! 1.

! 2.! 3.

! List three austerities did you do last week ?!

1.! 2.

! 3.


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! Hardships:!Occur randomly due to Karma

! Enduring helps in strict observance of vows! Austerities:! Initiated by soul/oneself to minimize

passion! Inhibit Karma inflow and wear off Karma


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5 SENSES! Touch

! Taste

! Smell

! Sight

! Hearing

5 INDULGENSES! Causing Injury! Lying! Stealing

! Incontinence! Possessiveness

4 PASSIONS! Anger! Pride! Deceit

! Greed

25 URGES! Evil! Torture! Deceitful

! ...! Possessive

clinging


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! Vows remove entrenched undesirable habits

! A vow is a self imposed obligation

! Must be practiced with :

! How can a vow both inhibit and generate karmicinflow ?


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Vows ofNon-Violence

+ / - Karma

No Karmas


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+/- Karma

No Karmas

AngerPride

Deceit

Greed


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Non-stealing

Celibacy

Truthfulness

Non-Violence

Non-Possessiveness


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These fourteen stages of

spiritual developmentallow for stopping ofKarma Inflow


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Samyak

Darshan(EWV)

Self

Restraint(Vows)Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8 - 11

Stage 12

Stage 13

Stage 14

Karmas

(Delusion)

Meditation


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Anu VrataMah Vrata


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- -

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Knowledge-covering

Obstructive Karmas

Intuition-covering


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SamyakDarshan

(EnlightenedWorld View)

Self

Restraint(Vows)

Stage 1

Stage 2

Stage 3

Stage 4Stage 5

Stage 6

Stage 7

Stage 8 - 11

Stage 12

Stage 13

Stage 14

Karmas(Delusion) Meditation


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Analytic White (Pure)

Sorrowful Wrathful


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Vrata depends on:

Selection of the type of conduct to be practiced,

Knowledge of what is the right conduct and what is the wrong

conduct

How much energy one can use and is capable of using for the

right conduct


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