14 guunsthanaks, karmabhandh

Date of Swadhyaya: 02/28/2009
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Summary Prepared by: Vishal
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Summary: We had a general discussion about 14 guunsthanaks and karmabhandh.


Difference between aayushya and gati:
Aayushya determines type of life, i.e. manushya, dev, tiriyanch, or narki.
Gati determines the type within the type determined by Aayushya. For example, if a jeeva has a dev aayu karmabandh, then gati naam karma (which happens every moment) determines the type of dev, i.e. either vaimanik dev, or jotishak dev, or vyantar dev, or bhavanpati dev. An example from prathmanuyog: Shrenikraja had aayushya of the seventh narak, but under bhagvan Mahavir he attained kshayik samyak-darshan, and his gati naamkarma was for the first narak.

Relationship between guunsthanaks and karma

First through fourth guunsthanak à mithyatva guunsthanak
Fifth through twelfth guunsthanak à charitra guunsthanak
Thirteenth and fourteenth guunsthanak à yog guunsthanak

Process of karmabandh à subh bhavs, aasubh bhavs, and samklesh parinam with maan, vachan, and kaya yog. The stage when the karma reaches yields fruit is karma uday.

After kshyopshamik, and aupshamik samyak-darshan goes away, the mithyatva mohniya karmabandh break into three parts: a) mithya darshan-mohniya; b) mishra darshan-mohniya; and c) samyak darshan-mohniya;

The types of detachments (vairag):
a) charitrahin: from the first through the third guunsthanaks à gruhastha
b) aavirti: the fourth guunsthanak à swarupaacharan, samyakdrasti
c) Aanuvrat: the fifth guunsthanak à deshvrat, shravak
d) Mahavrat: the sixth through the twelfth guunsthanak à monkhood

Chhakay jiva = five sthavar (water, earth, fire, air, vegetation) + traskay

Samyaktva can be attained even in gruhastha state. Samyaktva can happen with a) kshay; b) upsham; or c) kshyopsham of darshan-mohniya karma. But if charitra mohniya karma is very intense, then one cannot attain monkhood. The aashrav of paap-karma reduces with the increase in belief (shradhan). Monkhood is the culmination of the charitra. The more the vows the less is the karmabandh. The correct following of the vows is the cause of dev aayu karmabandh.

One can only have sangi panchendriya aayu and, manushya or dev gati in the fourth guunsthanak. One only has samjwalan kashays in the sixth and the seventh guunsthanak.

The process of reaching the 11th guunsthanak by suppressing the mohniya karma is known as upsham-shreni. While, the process of reaching the 12th guunsthanak by destroying mohniya karma is known as kshapak-shreni.

Our efforts should be directed at destroying the mohniya karma, and increasing the detachments from the material world based on the aatma’s sukh guun. The aim is to attain the eternal sukh. We should try and take the vows that are possible.

The type of karma and the number of karman particles are determined by the yog, and the intensity and the duration are decided by the kashay.

Sutra 7 & 8 Summary

Date of Swadhyaya: Jan 31st, 2009
Attendees: Shrish, Ruchi, Dhyanesh, Riddhi, Parag, Vishal, Sonal, Pradeep
Summary Prepared by: Pradeep
Chapter No: 1
Sutra No: 7, 8
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Sutra 7

We can understand Samyag Darshan, Jeev Dravya or any objects perfectly and completely by the following 6 concepts, together:

• Nirdesh - the object (vastu) we want to know, its description (Swaroop)
• Swamitva - who owns it is Swamitva
• Sadhan - are the reasons an object (vastu) is created.
• Adhikaran - the base of an object is Adhikaran.
• Sthithi - is duration i.e. time period
• Vidhan is about types (categories) of the objects

Basically, we know anything by Praman and Naya but these 6 concepts helps us understand the object completely and perfectly. For example, if we want to know Samyag Darshan:

• Nirdesh – tatvartha shrdhan
• Swamitva – jeev
• Sadhan – can be internal or external. Internal can be kshayopsham (wipeout, not in effect) of darshan mohniya and external could be jin bimb darshan etc.
• Adhikaran – can also be internal and external. Internal is soul an external is tras naadi because jeev do not exist outside of tras naadi.
• Sthithi –is antermoorart to Saadianant (with start w/o an end)
• Vidhan - one categorization is nisarga and adhogamya and other one is oopshamik, kshyaoopshamik and kshayik.
  

Sutra 8

We can understand Jeev Dravya the following 8 concepts, together:

• Sat - is existence
• Sankhya – count of types is Sankhya
• Kshetra – area presently in
• Sparshan – is area in all the three kaals
• Kal - time
• Antar - is time between obtaining from state B to A, when the object has originally gone from A to B
• Bhav - is conditions
• Alpbahutach – is comparison i. e. less or more.

Sunday Swadhyay Summary

Date of Swadhyaya: Feb 1
Attendees: Vishal, Dhyanesh, Ridhhi, Sonal, Ruchi., Rekha, Pradip etc
Summary Prepared by: Shrish
Chapter No: 6
Sutra No: Sutra related to Aayu karma
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प्रश्न: कषाय को कैसे जीते?
उत्तर: कषाय को जीतने के लिये अपने कषाय रहित स्वभाव को ध्यान मे रखे। उससे कषाय को जीतना होता है।

चार गति = मनुष्य, नरक, देव, तिर्यंच

जीवो की संख्या: मनुष्य < नरक < देव < तिर्यंच
नरक की संख्या = अनंख्यात * मनुष्य की संख्या
देव की संख्या = असंख्यात * नरक की संख्या
प्रत्येक वनस्पति = असंख्यात * देव
चतिरिन्द्रीय = असंख्यात * प्रत्येक वनस्पति
त्रिन्द्रीय = असंख्यात * चतिरिन्द्रीय
दोन्द्रीय = असंख्यात * त्रिन्द्रीय
निगोद = अनन्त * दोन्द्रीय

नरक के अन्दर जीवो की संख्या:
1st Narak > 2nd Narak > 3rd Narak > 4th Narak > 5th Narak > 6th Narak > 7th Narak
नरक के अन्दर जीवो की आयु:
1st Narak < 2nd Narak < 3rd Narak < 4th Narak < 5th Narak < 6th Narak < 7th Narak
About देव:
As Number of Swarg increase-
their age increases,
happiness increases
influence increases,
Parigraha decreases
Height decreases (1 हाथ in अनुत्तर, १.५ हाथ in अनुद्दीश, ७ हाथ in पहला स्वर्ग)
Lokantik deva are brahamchaari, and have very less desire for sensory pleasure.


//Notes: The Tras naali looks like a band, where the most happy Sidha bhagwaan is at the top and the happiness decrease as we go from top to bottom. From Sidha to //Dev to Naraka.

देव चार प्रकार के हैं = भवनवासी, व्यंतर, ज्योतिषी, वैमानिक

नरक	Light	Height of नरक (योजन)	बिल	Maximum age (सागरोपम)	लेश्या	Height (धनुष)	Temperature
1	रत्न	1,80,000	30,00,000	१	कपोत	7	उष्ण
2	कंकर	32,000	25,00,000	३	कपोत	14	उष्ण
3	रेती	28,000	15,00,000	७	कपोत, नील	28	उष्ण
4	कीचङ	24,000	10,00,000	१०	नील	56	उष्ण
5	घूआं	20,000	3,00,000	१७	नील, कृष्ण	112	उष्ण/शीत
6	अंधकार	16,000	1,00,000-5	२२	कृष्ण	224	उष्ण/शीत
7	गाङ अंघकार	8,000	5	३३	परमकृष्ण	448	शीत
			Total बिल = 84,00,000
देव		भेद	इंद्र/प्रतिन्द्र	Age (पल्य)	लेश्या	प्रविचार
भवनवासी	stays in पंख, खर भाग of 1st नरक, and मध्यलोक	१०	20 # 20	३	पीत	काय
व्यंतर	stays in पंख, खर भाग of 1st नरक, and मध्यलोक	८	16 # 16	१	पीत	काय
ज्योतिषी	मध्यलोक मे रहते हैं।	५	1 # 1	००-Jan	पीत	काय
वैमानिक देव - १	उर्ध्व लोत मे रह्ते हैं	१२	१२ # 12	२-२२ सागर	पीत-शुक्ल	कर्ण, स्पर्श, शब्द, मन