09 Tatvas

Question 1

9 tatva

Answer 1

jiv
ajiv
asrav
bandh
punya
pap
samvar
nirjara
moksh

Question 2

jiv

Answer 2

soul or living being

conciousness

Question 3

ajiv

Answer 3

nonliving substances which include all the remaining 5 substances (dravyas)

Question 4

asrav

Answer 4

causes the bondage of karma

Question 5

bandha

Answer 5

characteristics of bondage of karma

Question 6

punya

Answer 6

merit or karma of good deeds

Question 7

pap

Answer 7

sin or transgression or karma of bad deeds

Question 8

samvar

Answer 8

stoppage of attachment of new karma

Question 9

nirjara

Answer 9

eshaustion of the accumulated karma

Question 10

moksh

Answer 10

state of toal liberation from all karma

Question 11

why technically there r only 7 tatvas

Answer 11

bc punya and pap r the result of ashrav n can be categorized under ashrav

Question 12

jiv and ajiv

Answer 12

related to dravyas / the univers
jiv means soul
ajiv means matter, dharma, adharma, space and time
in theory of karma - ajiv refers to karma/only karmic matter

Question 13

ashrav causes

Answer 13

mithyatva
avirati
pramad
kashay
yog

Question 14

mithyatva

Answer 14

a persons illusion, which includes wrong

conviction and wrong knowledge of reality

Question 15

Avirati

Answer 15

Lack of self-restraint or vowlessness

Question 16

Pramäda

Answer 16

Spiritual laziness or unawareness

Question 17

Kashäya

Answer 17

Passions like anger, ego, deceit, greed, and lust

Question 18

Yoga

Answer 18

Activities of body, speech, and mind

Question 19

karma vargana

Answer 19

means karma particles

ashrav causes them to atttach to the soul

Question 20

bandh types

Answer 20

prakriti
sthiti
anubhaga/ras
pradesh

Question 21

prakriti

Answer 21

type or category of karma bondage
classifies it as one of 8 types of karma
Soul’s activities of body, speech, and mind (Yoga) without passion are responsible for the Prakriti of Karma bondage

Question 22

Sthiti

Answer 22

Duration of attachment of karma bondage before they produce the result and then separate from the soul.
Soul’s illusion (Mithyätva) and passions (Kashäya) are responsible for the duration (Sthiti) of Karma bondage.

Question 23

Anubhäga or Rasa

Answer 23

The intensity of the attachment of karma bondage
depending on severeity of the 6 leshyas
Soul’s illusion (Mithyätva) and passions (Kashäya) are responsible for the intensity (Anubhäga or Rasa) of Karma bondage.

Question 24

Pradesha

Answer 24

Quantity of karma particles attached to the soul

Soul’s activities of body, speech, and mind (Yoga) without passion are responsible for the Pradesh of Karma bondage

Question 25

samvar can be accomplished by constant practice of

Answer 25

``` Samyaktva Vratas Apramäda Akashäya Ayoga ```

Question 26

Samyaktva

Answer 26

Right conviction and Right Knowledge of Reality

Question 27

Vratas

Answer 27

Observance of Vows

Question 28

Apramäda

Answer 28

Awareness or Spiritual-alertness

Question 29

Akashäya

Answer 29

Being Passionless

Question 30

Ayoga

Answer 30

Peacefulness of Mental, Verbal and Physical activities

Question 31

number of ways of samvar

Answer 31

57

Question 32

nirjara types

Answer 32

akam nirjara | Sakam nirjara

Question 33

Sakam nirjara

Answer 33

.

Question 33

akam nirjara

Answer 33

removal of previously acquired karma before their maturity | achieved by observance of peanances aka tap

Question 34

12 types of taps

Answer 34

external - bhaya tap | internal austarities - abhyanter tap

Question 35

bahya tap

Answer 35

``` dicipline the human body n mind to control and minimize pasisions n desires anashan alpahara / unodari ichhanirodha / vritti sankshep rasatyag kayaklesh sanlinata ```

Question 36

anashan

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fasting | sometimes only ACHIT (previously boiled) water

Question 37

alpahara / unodari

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Eat less than Hunger | eating at least 10% less than one's appetite at a given time

Question 38

ichhanirodha / vritti sankshep

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Limit on Food n Posesions limit on NUMBER of food items while eating limiting possesion of material things

Question 39

rasatyag

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elimination of tasty food | aka - no attachment to taste of food

Question 40

kayaklesh

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voluntarily enduring sufferings general term for all types of penances includes activities like traveling barefooot in extreme weather / loch by jain monks/nun

Question 41

Types of bodies

Answer 41

.

Question 42

sanlinata

Answer 42

giving up pleasures of 5 senses