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Friday, January 21, 2011

8.Samvar bhavana:,9.Nirjara bhavana :and ,10.Lok bhavana:

8.Samvar bhavana:

“Samvar” means ‘stoppage of the influx of the karmas’.Samvar is one of the 7 realities or tattvas as described by Kevali Bhagwan.Samvar means stoppage of influx of all type of karmas whether good or bad that is whether punya or paap.

Sri Mangatramji, in his barah bhavana, says that when we put a stopper or a lid on the hole in the boat then, it stops the entry of water into our boat.This water was very harmful for the boat as it could drown it.

So, is the case of samvar.When the soul has feeling of attachment, or hatred etc then the influx or aasrav of karmas occurs and it binds to the soul as a part of its kaarman sharir (kaarman body).But, when the soul avoids any feeling of attachment or hatred etc and when he thinks on barah bhavanas, 22 parishehs, samitis, guptis , das-lakshan dharmas (uttam kshama, mardav etc..) then there occurs a stoppage to the influx of karmas and this is what is called as samvar bhavana.

Pt. Daulatramji, in his Chhah dhala says that the souls who have not allowed their thoughts or feelings to take the form of attachment, liking or disliking etc, and have thoughts and feelings of only the nature of the self-soul, only those souls have been successful in stopping the aasrav or the influx of the karmas and obtaining samvar to get eternal bliss.

So, you see that these barah bhavanas are themselves a cause of samvar or a means to stop the influx of the karmas.

Dr. Amit Prakash Jain

9.Nirjara bhavana :

‘Nirjara’ means shedding of the karma particles.

Nirjara or shedding of the karma particles from the kaarman body of the soul is occurs when the fruition or maturation of karma occurs or simply speaking when the karma gives its results then it is shed off.This type of shedding of the karmas is called as “Akaam nirjara” or natural or unintentional shedding of karmas.But , it is of simply no use, because by the time a karma is shed-off, a lot of new karmas influx and get bonded with the soul.And these karmas are the route cause of the vicious cycle of the birth and death for this soul and so they are the cause of sorrow to the soul.

There is another type of Nirjara which called as Sakaam nirjara and it is of the use of soul ion his path of salvation.

Sakaam nirjara means intentional shedding of the karmas or the shedding of karmas by penance or tapas both internal as well as external called as antar-tap and bahya-tap respectively.

Sri Mangatramji says that when we have put a stopper or a lid to the hole in the boat then no new entry of water into the boat occurs and this was samvar.But what about the water which has already accumulated in the boat? With this water inside the boat, it will not be possible to carry on our journey.So, he says that this water can go out by 2 means.One is due to sun which evaporates this water at its own time and rate.This is just like ‘akaam nirjara’.While the other way is that the boatman himself work hard to throw out this accumulated water with his own hands.This is just what we say is Sakaam nirjaraa’.So what work should a soul do to remove out his karmas? It is the practice of both the internal and the external tapas or penances.This leads to shedding of the accumulated karmas in a short time or before their maturation or fruiting.

Samvar sahit karo tap prani, miley mukti rani

Sri Mangatramji says that , soul should do penance or tapas with samvar.Means the shedding of karmas must be accompanied with the stoppage of the influx of new karmas otherwise there will be no use of shedding of the karmas.

So,Nirjara bhavana tells us that With sakaam nirjara or intentional shedding of karmas, the soul can get free of all his karmas and can get moksha and enjoy his eternal bliss for all the times to come.

Dr. Amit Prakash Jain

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10.Lok bhavana:

“Lok” means the part of universe in which all the 6 substances viz, soul,matter and energy,dharm,adharma,akash or space and kaal or time resides.Rest of the remaining infinite universe where except for the akash dravya or space no other drvaya or substance exists is “alok” or non-lok.

In this bhavana the soul has to think about what is this lok in reality and why he is roaming about from one birth to another in this lok.

Pt Daulatramji says that this lok has not been created by anybody and nobody is holding it up.It existed from the beginingless time from on its own and no one can destroy it.Nobody is the doer or the director of this lok.It is filled with all the six substances viz, jeev,pudgal,dharm,adharm,akaash and kaal.Due to his beginingless ignorance and attachment feelings this soul is roaming from one birth to another in this lok and is suffering from all kinds of sorrows.

Hum chnod chaley yeh lok tabhi lokant virajein shan main jaa

Nij lok hamara vaasa ho phir bhav bandhan se hum ko kya?"

Means : When the purifying fire of penance or tap is lightened and in that the chains of karmas of the soul gets melted (that is nirjara or shedding-off of karmas).And from all the parts of the self-soul the streams of Amritha (that which is undestroyable and that which is the soul’s self- nature, that is anant gyan and darshan) sprout up.

And then at that time only,the soul will leave this world and will get situated at the top of this world (salvation) where all the salvated souls resides.The soul will reside in his self and that will be his actual world and whatever happens to this destroyable world- it will not affect him.

So, the lok bhavana tells us to meditate on the lok and gets our doubts clear and think about how to get rid from the vicious sorrowful journey in this lok.

Dr.Amit Prakash Jain