Sunday, February 7, 2010
Dhal 3 Stanza 15, 16, 17
The good man who is adorned with Right-Faith, unblemished and correct, is revered ever by the lords of the celestials, although he observes no vows because of weakness of action. He is a householder but is not attached to the house. (He is as unattached) as a lotus is unattached to the water in the mud , but does not get filthy by the mud.. His affection is (outward) like that of a courtesan. He remains pure like gold in mire.
There is a shop. There are two people in the shop. There is a owner and an accountant. The emotion and attachment that they have with the profit is different. The owner: As the profit goes up his heart rate goes up. And when the profit goes down the owner’s heart rate goes down. The accountant is unaffected by the profit or loss. He knows that he is going to make the same amount of money no matter what.
Two perspectives
Vyavhaar – talks at a macro level and tries to make connections
Nischay- reality, What actually the object is
For example if you take a shirt and kurta and ask someone they will say that this is a shirt and this is a kurta.
Shirt and Kurta-vyavhaar
If you ask a knowledgeable person he will say that it is just cotton. Nischay perspective just cotton
A knowledgeable person understands both. He understands that in reality it is just cotton.
Stanza 16
Excepting the first, a right-believer is not reborn in the other six hells; nor in Jyotish (steller), Vyantara (peripatetic), Bhavanvasi (residential) fluid bodies; nor as a eunuch, female, immobile being, sub-human with two, three or four senses only, nor as an animal. Nothing in the three worlds and the three periods (past, present and future) is so beneficial as Right Belief. It is the root of all religions. Without it, all actions are harmful.
Once one gets the true insight he cannot go to 2 to 7th hell.
Stanza 17
This right belief is the first step to the palace of moksha.
This (Right-Belief) is the first step to the palace of Moksha. O pure and liberable adopt this. Without this, Knowledge and Conduct can not acquire Rightness. O Wise, Doulatram (the author) listen to this, ponder over it, be vigilant, do not waste time. This human condition is difficult to obtain again, if you do not acquire Right Belief.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Stanza 12,13,14
8 components of right faith
2 limbs
2 legs
Head
Stomach
2 parts of chest
8 important parts of the human body. Simarly a person with the right
8 Components of Right Faith
• Have no doubts in the word of Jina.
• Do not practise religion for secular comforts.
• Do not feel disgust at the untidy body of an ascetic.
• Discriminate between the right and wrong principles.
• Conceal your virtues and the defects of others.
• Develop your own virtues, support yourself and others, when deviating from piety, by force of carnal inclinations and the like.
Discrimniate between right and wrong.
When you look at others do not see their flaws look at their good things. For example there is some guy who talks about bad things 24/7 will be sad
A guy who talks only good things 24/7 will be happy
If we go to a Indian grocery shop we go to the side of the vegetables that are good, not good. When we talk to people we should talk to the good people. If one thinks of virtues, his heart becomes full of virtues. If one thinks of bad things his heart becomes full of bad things. In your school life and friends you look at good in others.
Rule of thumb for friends
We should make a friend who has more good qualities and less bad qualities. Fault finding is bad.
Stanza 13 and 14
Remaining 2 Components of Right Faith
• A samyag dhrist loves another samyag dhristi as a cow loves her calf. A cow loves her calf very much and does not expect anything from the calf. Unconditional love. A samyag dhristi fellow also has an unconditional love for another co religious fellow.
• Spread the glory of religion
8 Arrogances
Fathers side, mothers side, looks, knowledge, wealth, physical strength, ascetic practices, high position
6 Worthless Things
• False Lord
• False Scriptures
• False Teacher
• Followers of the False Lord
• Followers of the False Scriptures
• Followers of the False Teachers
3 Stupidities
• To worship false teachers
• To worship false lords
• To worship false religion
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Dhal 3 Stanza 5 to 8
There are 3 types of soul:
1. Bahiraatma- Wrong Believers
2. Antaraatma- Right Believers
a. 3 types of Antaraatma
i. Low (Jaghanya)
ii. Partial ( Madhyam)
iii. High (Uttam-Ascetics)
3. Parmatma- Perfect
Stanza 6
There are two types of Parmatma
1. Sakal – with body
2. Nikal – Without body
-Both types are pure, have no emotions(iccha), have infinite bliss, infinite knowledge of entire universe.
-When saints progress on the path to liberation they leave all emotions and become Sakal Parmatma (with body i.e. Arihant) and thence, eventually become bodiless and become Nikal Parmatma (without body i.e. Siddh)
-Infinite knowledge: we bow down to them so we know the laws to attain eternal bliss and happiness. We go to the Parmatma to learn ways to attain spiritual bliss and freedom away from the transmigratory cycle of birth and death.
For Example: Doll is run by three batteries. If no batteries then the doll would be idle. Once we put the batteries in it the doll will start moving.
2 things are happening:
1) Battery is charging the (+, -) side when in contact with the doll so electricity flows into the doll and makes the doll move.
2) Movement of the doll.
-As the doll moves, cells become discharged so you have to recharge the battery.
- Similarly, what ever we do, like play basketball game with motivation to win. But you lost so you come home upset. When you are motivated to win, you are charging karmic particles into you. When you come home they get discharged, making you upset.
- If someone that has never played basketball goes to play, and they lose, then they don’t feel upset because they didn’t charge anything, so there was no need to discharge anything.
- Person drinks lot of alcohol. Now he feels intoxicated,due to the molecules of alcohol, going in the body and will impact senses, due to the destruction of the neurons
-The Particles: Doll, Alcohol
-Impact of Particle on Object: Electrons in the doll. Impact on senses.
Karma are of three types :
(1) Bhaav Karma
(2) Dravya Karma
(3) No karma
Bhav Karma and Dravya Karma have been with us since the beginning of time.
Dravya Karma is material Karma
For Example: karmic particles getting discharged
Bhav Karma is thought karma
For Example: desire/motivation to win, emotions
No Karma is quasi Karma ( body, family, home, etc.)
Sidha have eliminated all karmas i.e. bhaavkarma, dravya karma and nokarma
If we were to send a saint to a basketball game they wont want to play since emotions are less and thus wont feel dejected.
Stanza 7
That which is lacking in consciousness, is called Ajiva. It is of five classes. Matter is characterized by possession of color (rang), taste (ras), odor (gandh), touch (sparsh), Hence Pudgal or matter is characterized by five colors (blue, black, yellow, red and white), five tastes (pungent, bitter, saline, acid and sweet), two odors (fragrance and malodor) and eight kinds of touch (soft, hard, heavy, light, hot, cold, smooth and rough).
The medium of motion for soul and matter is termed DHARMAASTIKAY, i.e. Dharma substance, which is colorless; the medium, of rest is known as ADHARMAASTIKAY, i.e. Adharma substance. Both are described as being without form by Jina.
Stanza 8
-Akaash, i.e. Space is the one, which provides accommodation for all substances.
-Kaal, i.e. Time; practically it is (reckoned as) day-night.
Both Akaash and Kaal are Non-Soul
Asrava is the movement of mind, tongue or body, (i.e. man, vachan and kaya), activated by wrong belief, vowlessness, carelessness and passions.
For Example: you watch a scary movie. We feel scared. Then after 7 days we may feel okay. You watch the movie again and feel less scared since you are densensitized and already know what happened.
End Result = Lot of Aashrav was received the 1st time and less the 2nd time.
When Aashrav is more, it will have bigger impact.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Dhal 3 Stanza 2 - 5
Pardravyan Tain Bhinn Aap Mein,
Roochi Samyakt Bhalaa Hai;
Aaparoop Ko Jaanapannon So,
Samyakgyaan Kalaa Hai.
Aaparoop Mein Leen Rahe Thir,
Samyakchaarita Soee;
Ab Vyavahaar Mokhamag Suniyai,
Hetu Niyat Kau Hoee.
The absolute form of right faith means to have unbroken faith in the true nature of the pure soul. To understand and to know that this pure soul is forever separate from all alien substances of the universe is known as the right knowledge in the absolute form. When one gives up the interests in all alien substances of the universe and becomes engrossed in the true nature of this pure soul then it is known as the right conduct in the absolute way.
The description of the conventional form of liberation will be given from stanza no. 3 to 10. When the person is on the path of liberation from absolute form then it is essential to know about the nature of the conventional path to liberation.
Dhal 3 Stanza 3
Jeeva Ajeeva Tattva Aru Aasrav,
Bandh Ru Samvar Jaanon;
Nirjar Mokha Kahai Jin Tinakon,
Jon Kau Saun Saradhaanon.
Hai Soee Samakit Vyavahaaree,
Ab in Roop Bakhaanon;
Tinakoon Suni Saamaanya-Visheshai,
Ditth Prateeti Ur Aanau.
Nischay samyag darshan
Nischay Samyag Charitra
Nishcay Samyag Gnaan
Nischay is in Stanza 2 and vyavahaar is in the 3rd stanza to the end.
Nischay Moskhamarg or absolute Mokshakarg is the same
Vyavarhhar or conventional or practical
Stanza 4
Souls have been placed in 3 classes as Bahiratma (wrong believer), Antaratmana (right-believer) and Parmatmana (perfect). One, who considers the body and soul as one is ignorant of reality and is a wrong-believer. The enlightened right-believer is of three types, i.e., low, intermediate and high. The self-contemplating ascetic, who is free from both (external and internal) kinds of possessions and has a pure heart belongs to the high class.
There are 6 types of Dravya (substances)
Dharmastikay
Adharmastikay
Jeev
Kaal
Pudgal
Aakash
The souls are classified as three types.
1. Pure soul. When we say pure we mean that there is no contamination. Nothing has been added. When we say olive oil is pure we mean that nothing has been added. The pure soul is not associated with anything else. We can call it pure or perfect. Paramatma is the pure soul. Param is super + atma is soul = super soul. The 24 Tirthankars are Paramatma. They are of two types arihant and siddh. They are arihants and siddhs because they have gotten rid of all the impurities (all ghati and aghati karmas).
2. Impure Soul who does not know. The impure ones are contaminated. They are of two types. One who knows he is contaminated and one who does not know, he is contaminated. The one who identifies himself with his soul and feelings is wrong believer Bahiratma.
3. One who understands the contamination is Antaraatma.
AATMA = SOUL
PARAMATMA ANTARATMA BAHIRATMA
Param + Atma ANTAR= Inside Bahir= Outside
= Pure Soul (Body and Soul are separate) Body and self = me
ARIHANT SIDDHA UTTAM MADHYAM JAGHANYA
(SAKAL) (NIKAL) (HIGH) (INTERMEDIATE) (LOW)
(WITH BODY) (WITHOUT BODY)
(No Ghati Karma) (No Ghati Karma)
(No Aghati Karma)
Stanza 5
Low is the one who does not have any vows.
High- Partial vows are not complete vows. Ahimsa. Not killing anyone under any circumstances. Partial vow is you kill living beings under some circumstances. All these three types of are on the path to liberation.
The perfect soul is sakal and nikal. Sakal paramatma is the body though he has got rid of all. He does not have any hatred.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Dhal 2
Samati: Doing something cautiously so that it doesn’t harm any other living being (non violence)
1. irya samati- When they walk they make sure that the passage they are walk on doesn’t have any living beings
2. basha samati
literally means lnguage
thins to take care of wile talking
3 things to take care of while talking
i. hith- words should do good to others, preach to help others
ii. mith- limited, only what is needed
iii. priya- something which makes others feel good
3. eshna samati
monk keeps right hand on shoulder meaning he is looking for biksha
householder gives saint food and then the monk eats it
while eating they make sure there isn’t any hair, ants ect in the food
4. adha nikshapan samati- monk would clean place before placing anything like scriptures down to prevent hurting living beings
5. pratistham samati- cleans places before doing toilet
Saints never take a bath for the entire life
Do not clean teeth
Don’t keep cloth to cover body
Only sleep in one posture in later part of night
Take food once a day
Eat food standing from their palm
Pull hair out by hand
Carry two apparatus
container filled with water by house holder
mop of peacock feathers to move any living beings without causing them pain
peacock feathers also stay clean
Sunday, July 26, 2009
Stanza 9 and 10
Kuguru
Suguru is one who is a saint and follows 28 qualities. (Naked saint. Digambar muni.)
- 5 vows
- Satya- Truth
- Ahimsa- Nonviolence
- Achaurya- Non-stealing
- Aparigray- Non-possessiveness
- Brahmachariya- Celibacy
- Satya- Truth
- Control all five senses
- 6 essentials
- Samayik to retain equanimity for a duration of 48 mins to 96 mins. Saints do it 3 to 4 times a day
- Stuti something which is done in the praise of the 24 tithankars
- Vandana only done for a specific tirthankar, sadhu, updahdhay
- Pratikraman repentence for the bad things done. Is a procedure which is done to purify the bad karmas, for the bad things done, since the last evening.
- Pratyakhyana is a kind of informal pledge to not repeat the sins in the future. VIMAL BHAKTI
- Kayatsyorg= kay and utsorg Kay is body and utsorg means tyaag. Uter means give away. Give away the body. When we do kaytsyorg we give up all the attachements for the body and we only focus on the soul.
- Samayik to retain equanimity for a duration of 48 mins to 96 mins. Saints do it 3 to 4 times a day
Nadis
The channels and passages through which the Pranashakti goes all over the body. There is not even one part of the body which is not connected to one of these nadis. As per Hata yoga, there are 3500 nadis all over the body. 14 are mainly known, out of which three are very important and they are: (i) Sushumna (ii) ida, and (iii) Pingala.
Sushumna: This nadi starts from the base of the spine and goes straight up along the spinal column to the base of the skull, reaching the brain. This is represented by white color and fire as its symbol.
Ida: Ida has a blue color and is represented by the moon as its symbol. This nadi starts on the left side of the base of the spine and reaches the left nostril. The Tantras describe the left side as containing the feminine, creative, emotional and peaceful aspects of nature. Due to the feminine aspect of Ida, it is considered to be full ofmaternal energy. It nourishes and purifies the entire body and mind which makes one alert and fit for advanced meditation.
Pingala: This nadi starts on the right side of the base of the spine and reaches the right nostril. As per Yogic texts the right side is considered the male aspect of nature and is predominated by raw and physical.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Grahit and Agrahit Mithyatva
Wrong Faith- Mithya Darshan
Agrahit Mithyatva is the one that is carried from previous birth and has obtained sanskar in this birth.
Grahit Mityatva is the sanskar that one has learned from others in this birth.
Stanza 8
Meaning
Further Discussion
Faith (Darshan) and knowledge (Jnan) leads to conduct (Charitra).
Wrong faith and wrong knowledge leads to wrong conduct (Mithya Charitra)
Right faith and right knowledge leads to right conduct
Agrahit faith and agrahit wrong knowledge leads to Agrahit conduct
A person likes sensual pleasure(indriya), however he/she does not realize that it is not good for the soul because the likes builds raag and dwesh to the body, which we have to depart from at the time of death. Extra sensory pleasure (atiindriya) is obtained from atma.
Stanza 9 and 10
Meaning
Further Discussion
Su= Good
Ku= Wrong
Kuguru, kudev, kudharm
Sudev Su = Right Dev= Lord Right Lord
Sudev has the following characteristics
- Vitragi detaches from everything
- Sarvagya and Kevalgnan omniscient
- Kevalgnan knowledge of 3 kal and 3 lokh
- Hitupdesh Hit= eternally good updesh= preaches
Sudev has detachment from everything.
Sarvagya
Hitupdesh someone who tells us what is right for us.
Sudev tells us what is right and we should follow him