JAINISM SIMPLIFIED

(ORIGINALY PREPARED IN HINDI, TRANSLATED BY DR. T.K. JAIN)

BY

SANJAY JAIN (jainendra)

(ASTROLOGER, PHILOSOPHER, WRITER, VASTU SASHTRI, JAINISM EXPERT AND TANTRIK) (working for over 15 years in service of common persons) C/O BHAIRAV KRIPA, 23/2 HIRALAL MALL, RAILWAY STATION BIKANER RESIDENCE : BANTHIA MOHALLA, BIKANER MOBILE : 9983383111,9793032411,9252615111 JAIN religion doesnt believe in any doer in creation or destruction of this universe. This world evolves on its own rules. Jain religion believes in 6 Ara (a period of time). These are called either UTSARPANI or AVSARPANI. When the age of the Tirthankars increases with each Tirthankar, it is called UTSARPANI. When the age of the Tirthankara decreases from the first to the 24th, it is called AVSARPANI. The first Thirthankara from the present Ara was Rishabh Dev and the last one was Mahavir. The life of the first thirthankara was very long, but the that of the last one was less than 100, therefore it is Avsarpani Ara. At present we are living in 5th Ara and after this the 6th Ara will start, when the religion will almost vanish from the Earth. Jain Religion believes in the doctrine of Karma. A soul gets placed in a particular life on the basis of the Karma attached to it, similarly the happiness and sorrow are outcomes of the Karma. A soul travels through 84 Lakh different types of lives. The real thing is soul. The body is like clothes that we wear. Soul changes bodies as per the Karma. The best form of existence is that of Sidha. Sidha is the status where there is infinite knowledge, infinite darshana and infinite character and the soul is beyond the cycles of birth or death. The purest state is that of Arihant, which is a type of Sidha. Arihant gives others lessons of life and preach others about how to overcome the vices of

greed, lust, anger, hatred, jealousy and other such characteristics. The words of the Arihant is called Jinwani or Agam. Arihant establish four types of Tirtha : 1. (Saints)Sadhu2 .Sadhvi 3. Shrawak 4. Shrawaki Sadhu and Sadhvi follow five mahavrat, but Shrawak and Shrawika follow 12 Vrat consisting of 5 Anuvrat, 3 gunavrat, and 4 Shiksha Vrat. A person who is detached from the world has to follow 5 mahavrat and a person who leads normal life has to follow 12 Vrat including 5 Anuvrat There are 5 types of beings in the world from those having 1 sense to those having upto 5 senses. We human beings have 5 senses (eye, ear, nose, tounge, skin which enable us to see, hear, smell, taste and touch) but there are atoms which have 4 or 3 or 2 or only one sense. There are one sense organs in water, fire, air etc. There are karma even by thinking. We are able to attach karma even by thinking. Thus the status of mind is central in jain religion. As per Jineshwar (Thirthankera) there is no creator or destructor of soul. There is no creator or destructor of this universe either. There is no beginning or end of this universe. These Karma take us to the status of Sidha state. A person gets or looses his body, his life, his relatives, his achievements etc. solely due to the present or past Karma. Our age, our health and our pleasures are all dependent on our Karma. We get new birth after death. There is no creator of soul or there is no God. If a person is able to wipe out most of the karma but a few are still left, then the sould reaches the status of demigod (Devta) and this is higher status but less than the ideal one the ideal status is that of sidha. Every Jain person should try to avoid 18 types of vices. These vices are the results of malintention or violence. The violence can be of following 4 types : By Man (mind) By speech

By Karma (by action) By approval (when we approve or accept a violence) Jain Religion believes in the theory of ANEKANTAVADA (the theory that there are many perspectives of truth and therefore different perspectives,which may look opposite can still be true). Any person from any religion can reach the status of Moksha (the status of Sidha) and this is called salvation. For reaching the status of salvation, we have to follow the path of 5 ideas that are : 1.truth 2. nonviolence 3. non-stealing 4. Aparigraha 5. Celibacy through = mind, action speech and approval. To practice Jain religion doesnt require that you follow the rituals of jain religion, you must understand the scientific interpretation of jain religion and you can achieve salvation you may follow any religion. All errors are in translations. Translation was done by Dr. T.K. Jain Address: Parakh Niwas, Veterinary Hospital Road, Bikaner 334001 Contact : 9414430763 tkjainbkn@yahoo.co.in, jain.tk@gmail.com, afterschool@in.com, www.afterschool.tk