Class Notes from 3/31/08

This lecture was mostly revision.

- swadhayay ke laabh
1. helps us become vitraagi
2. 5 indriya ke vishayo ko control/bandh karna
3. hey/upadey tatva ka gyan hota hai
4. thoda gyan hone se bhi trikaal sambhandi padarth ka gyan hota hai
5. gyan adhik badhne par sukh ki utpatti hoti hai
6. gyan atma-sanmukh hota hai
7. sa-atishay punya ki vruddhi hoti hai (sa-atishay se jeev vapas moksha marg me aage badhta hai)
8. reminder milta hai ki kya karna chahiye and kya karna hai
9. samaj me aata hai ki kriyae (rituals) kyu karte hai
10. atmanubhuti karne me sahayak hota hai


Also, we discussed arihant na 46 mulguna

4 anant chatustay
- anant gyan
- anant darshan
- anant sukh
- anant virya

8 pratiharya
- ashok vruksh (the peepal tree)
- sinhasan (a sublime seat)
- 64 chamar (whisks)
- 3 chatra (umbrella)
- pushpa vrushti (a rain of flowers)
- dundubhi (divine trumpets)
- bha-mandal (halo)
- divya dhvani (divine melodies)

34 atishay
--- janma ke 10 atishay
- rup (Surpassingly beautiful countenance)
- sugandit tan (Scented body)
- pasina nahin (No sweat)
- nihaar nahin (Devoid of stool & urine)
- heet, meet and madhur vachan (Benefactor friendly orator)
- atulya bal (Incomparable strength)
- shvet rudhir (Milk like white blood)
- samchatursh sansthaan (Equi proportional constitution)
- vraj-vrishab-narach sahanan (Diamond bones structure adamantine)
- 1008 lakshan (Presence of 1008 auspicious signs in body)

--- kevalgyan ke 10 atishay
- 100 yojan tak subhiskh (Being prosperity & plentifulness within a region of 100 Yojanas all around)
- samavsaran me 4 mukh (People appearing of four faces from one face only)
- hinsa nahin (There happens no violence nearby. Having complete mercy)
- upsarg nahin (No affliction of any kind)
- kavlaahar nahin (No morsel food taking)
- nakh, kesh nahin badhna (No further growth of nails & hair)
- animish dag (No winking of eyelids)
- chhaya nahin (No shadow formation of body)
- ishvaarpane ki saari vidya sahit (Being omniscient)
- aakash gaman (To travel in the sky)

--- devkrut 14 atishay
- ardh-magadhi bhasha (Ardhamagandhi language)
- jeevo me apas me mitrata (Mutual friendship)
- 6 rutu ke sab phal phul (Blossoming of flowers of all the six seasons together)
- prithvi kaanch samaan (The earth being mirror like)
- mand sugandhit hawa (Blowing gentle cool air)
- shrushti harshmayi (All the creatures feeling ecstatic)
- gandhodhak vrushti (Scented raining)
- anukul pavan (favorable winds)
- charan kamal ke niche kamal (Construction of golden lotus beneath foot soles)
- nirmal aakash (clear sky horizon)
- nirmal dishi (clear direction)
- aakash se jayjaykaar (Salutations by deities in the sky)
- dharma chakra (proceeding of the religious wheel)
- asht mangal dravya (Existence of the eight fold auspicious commodities)

In the above notes, if jaane-anjaane me koi bhul hui to mitchammi dukkadam.

Do let me know in case there are any mistakes or corrections and I will do that.

-- Vishal.