JAB Flashcards
The five gyans
Matti gyan Shrut gyan Avadhi gyan Manahparva gyan Keval gyan
Matti gyan
Knowledge gained by senses
Shrut gyan
Knowledge gained through books
Avadhi gyan
Perceiving without the use of senses
Manaparva gyan
Ability to read minds
Keval gyan
Omniscience
Name the mahavratas (Indian and English)
- ) Ahimsa - non violence
- ) Satya - truthfulness
- ) Achurya/Asteya - non stealing
- ) Brahmacharya - celibacy
- ) Aparigraha - non possessiveness
What are the mahavratas?
Five great vows of Jainism
Namo Arihantanam
I bow down to the arihants
Namo Siddhanam
I bow down to the siddhas
Namo Ayariyanam
I bow down to the acharyas
Namo Uvajayanam
I bow down to the sadhus and sadhvis
Eso pancha namukkaro
To these five great souls I offer my prayers
Savva pavva panasano
May such prayer help me diminish my negative vibrations and sins
Manglanamcha savve sim, padhamam havai mangalam
Offering these prayers is foremost among all auspicious benedictions
Mithya drashti gunasthana
1st degree Wrong faith All living beings born at this stage Minimum degree of enlightment/right vision All five bandh present Arta and raudra gyan All leshyas Bahiratma
Sasvadana samyag drashti gunasthana
2nd degree Having tasted true faith Can only go down from here All bandh except mithyatva Arta and raudra gyan All six leshyas Bahiratma
What are the gunasthana?
The stages of spiritual development
Samyag mithya drashti gunasthana
3rd degree Mixed faithCan only go down from hereArta and raudra dhyan All six leshyas BahiratmaAll five bandh
Avirata samyag drashti gunasthana
4th degreeVow less correct faithHas right belief and right knowledge Does not have right conduct yet Soul is guaranteed to attend nirvana sometime All bandh sans mithyatva Arta, raudra and dharma dhyanAntaratma
Desha virat shravak gunasthana
5th degreePartial renunciation Adopts vows of a shravakHighest stage for a householder All bandh sans mithyatva Arta, raudra and dharma dhyanAll six leshyaAntaratma
Pramatta samyat gunasthana
6th degree Full renunciation with less awarenessAdopts five mahavratas (avirati is discarded)Struggles with pramada (laziness) hence it’s nameDedicated to the Jain trinity Darshan saptak may be suppressed, eradicated or bothPramada, kashaya and yoga Arta and dharma dhyan All six leshyas Antaratma
Apramatta samyat gunasthana
7th degreeFull renunciation with complete awareness No pramada Highest attainable stage in the fifth ara Can climb: upasham sreni (suppression ladder) Kshapam sreni (annihilation ladder)Kashay and yoga Dharma dhyan Three good leshyas (tejo, padma and shukla)Antaratma
Apurva Karan or nivritti badara gunasthana
8th degreeMeditative stateKashaya and yoga are presentDharma and shukla dhyanShukla leshya Antaratma
Anivritti badara gunasthana
9th degreeAdvanced meditative state Kashaya and yoga Dharma and shukla dhyan Shukla leshya Antaratma
Sukshma sampraya gunasthana
10th degreeKashay and yoga Dharma and shukla dhyan Shukla leshya Antaratma
Upasham moha gunasthana
11th degree Suppressed passions stageYoga Dharma and shukla dhyan Shukla leshya Antaratma
Kshina moha gunasthana
12th degreePassionless stageYogaDharma and shukla dhyanShukla leshya Antaratma
Sayogi kevali gunasthana
13th degree Active omniscienceYogaParam shukla leshya Shukla dhyanParamatma
Ayogi kevali gunasthana
14th degreeInactive omniscienceNo bandhShukla dhyanNo leshya (aleshi)Paramatma
The three A’s
AhimsaAnekantavad Aparigraha
Domesticated hens
Produce over 300 eggs per yearBegin laying at 5 - 6 months of age for 12 months
How many hens are confined to lay eggs in the USA?
300 million
How many hens r confined in a twelve inch cage?
3 - 5 hens
Health problems of domesticated hens
Fatty liver syndromeCage layer fatigueEgg boundSpent hens
What is fatty liver syndrome?
In a hen this is when liver cells accumulate extra fat from producing egg yolk
What is egg bound?
When hens die because they are too weak to pass another egg
What are spent hens?
Hens that are slaughtered due to infertility
What do oysters secrete?
Nacre
How long do oysters take to make pearls?
3 - 4 months
How many eggs does a silk moth lay?
300 to 600
How many silk worms are killed to make 100 g silk?
1500 silkworms
Incubated silkworms
Take 20 days to hatch
Varakh
Silver foil used in Indian sweetsObtained from the intestines of cows and oxen In India 275K kilos r consumed
Honey
Million bees per 1 lb honey
Parasparopagraho jivanam
Living beings render service to one another
Parigraha sevve attai karanti pranamanam behanam
We destroy other lives because of our greed and possessiveness
The three R’s
ReduceReuseRecycle
Food pyramid
Five servings grains3 servings veggies3 servings fruitUse fats and oils sparingly
Whole grains
Fiber, carbs, protein, vitamin B and zinc 5+ servings daily
Veggies
Vitamin C beta carotene riboflavin iron calcium and fiber
Cows and milk production
Sent to slaughterhouses when milk yield drops 30%80% of calves become beef
Panjarapol
Cow shelter (less than 1% make it here)
Lactovegetarian
One who uses dairy products
Cows and chickens killed daily
500K and 24 mil respectively
Hogs slaughtered daily
360K
Waste released by USA meat and dairy industry
236K pounds per second
1 pound of meat needs
40 pounds of vegetation 2500 gallons H2O
Vegan Jains
15% of Jain youth
Vegan Americans
Over 6 million
Internal violence
Bhav hinsa
Greenhouse gases
Will increase 8 to 10 degrees in the next 50 to 100 years
1.3 billion cows can trap
100 mil tons of CH4
CH4 vs CO2
CH4 traps 25 times as much solar heat
Who spoke against alcohol?
Acharya Samanthabhadu
Sankekhana
Fast unto death Result if dispassionate
Mathan vandani
I bow down to you and show reverence to you
Upavas
Means stay close to the soulCan only drink boiled water from sunrise to sunset
Chaityavasis
Sadhus who stay in upasray for a long time
Abhishek
Bathing an idol
Kamath or meghamali
Rain god who tried to drown parshvanath
Imaginary wheel of time
Kaal chakra
Siddhachalam
Adinath Bhagwan
Pavapuri, Detroit, LA, Houston, Chicago belong to
Mahavir Swami
Hardest karma to get rid of
Mohniya Karma
British Scholar
George Bernard Shaw
Sametshikhar also known as
Parshvanath Ji
Gujarati sutras
Sata lakhAdhar paapsthanaks
Capital of Magadha
Pataliputra
Namutthamam
Wrote by Indra of Indras
Shashwat sutra
Logassa, karemi bhante, and Navkar Mantra
Mudra of Khamasna
Panchang pranipat
Yoga mudra
Chaitya vandan
Sutra with all three kshetras
Javanta cheyiaying