Jiva/Ajiva Illustration

Jiva/Ajiva Illustration

Jiva – 1 sense living being

We have only 1 sense that sense is touch

Jiva – 2 sense living being

We have 2 senses and these senses are touch and taste

Jiva – 3 sense living being

We have 3 senses and these senses are touch, taste and smell

Jiva – 4 sense living being

We have 4 senses and these senses are touch, taste, smell and sight

Jiva – 5 sense living being

We have 5 senses and these senses are touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing

Jiva – 5 sense living being

• Humans (Manushya)

• Heavenly beings (devs)

• Infernal beings (living being of hell naraks)

Jiva

• Arihants

• Siddhas

We don’t like pain. How will you help us?

We don’t like pain. How will you help us?

Soul work

• Do a blindfold activity and write your experience in at least 4-5 sentences (5 points)

• Bring color pencils/markers for karma journal project

Project time

• Lets make karma journal and see how our future looks. Happy or Unhappy?

• Karma journal is a meter to measure our future happiness/unhappiness

What is soul after all?

• No shape

• Scientist think body is biochemical composition

• Invisible energy

• Invisible and has no shape so can’t be experienced by senses

Continue…What is soul after all?

• Eternal and last forever

• Can’t be created or destroyed

• Happiness is the property of soul that’s why all living beings want to be happy

Ajiva

• Doesn’t have life or soul

• Literal meaning is “without soul”

• Have no feelings

• Can’t accumulate karma

• No birth, death, pleasure or pain

Black particles are karma particles

• Black particles are karma particles

• Red – pap

• Green – punya

Punya – Wholesome karmas

• Is acquired by virtuous or meritorious activity

• If one does meritorious activity with the feeling of attachment he earns Punya karmas

• Depending upon the intensity and accumulation of Punya karmas, one may be blessed with happy and comfortable situations

• Ex. Of happy and comfortable situations?

Päp – unwholesome karmas

• Are earned when our activities are bad and cause suffering to others

• results into unhappy and miserable situations

• When Päp karma matures it brings nothing but suffering and miseries

• Ex. Of miserable and unhappy situations?

9 ways of acquiring Punya karma

• Offering food to the needy (only vegetarian food)

• Offering clothes to the needy

• Helping the sick

• Helping others to acquire knowledge

• Giving charity (be sure money is used for the good cause)

Read chapter 20 –Punya good deeds

..Continue…9 ways of acquiring Punya karma

• Helping parents, siblings, grandparents, monks and religious teachers

• Helping animals or organization that help animals

• Studying religious scriptures and following in our daily lives

• Worshipping Tirthankars

Soul work

• Complete making Karma Journal

• Write at least 10 Punya activity and 20 Paap activity that you have done in last few days/weeks