17.CHAPTER -XVII

CHAPTER -XVII
“Teen Jagat ke Naath Jo Keval Jnana Niket Vishva Bandhu Virash Veh Vishav Tattav Kahi Det”

Mahavira Bhagwan preached Gautam Gandharva about the Tatva Jnana, He stated that a characterless lady who runs after another man; son who is engaged in non. veg., drinking or going in the company of prostitute and involved in such other bad habits, person who is suffering from various types of illness, they are born as blind, dumb, deaf, handicap and have uneven body as they have earned Paap Karmas in their prebirth. They become servants or slaves. They believe in false Granths. They follow the teachings of false Guru; such problems are with those persons who had earned sin in their prebirth. When one earns a sin he takes birth in hell or in a Trianch Gatti. He becomes dog, donkey, buffalo, ox, elephant, lion etc. and suffers a lot of miseries and pains. Hence the Bhagwan has advised to avoid from the sinful act in the life so that one may not suffer with such problems.

Pious religious living beings are advised to adopt Samyak Darshan (right vision), Samayak jnana (right knowledge), Samyak Chariter (Right character).One should hold vrats and mahavrats and control his requirements of his five organs (1) Skin (2) Tongue (3) nose (4) eyes and (5)ears. One should not become slave of these organs instead make them ones slave. One should give charity to the needy persons. Achariyas told that supreme charity is to give food to the mendicants etc. One should do the puja of Jinender Bhagwan.

One should do the anointing of Jinender Bhagwan with deep faith. One should acquire right knowledge from the religious books. Charities to the mendicants are of four types:

Ahaar Daan (food) (2) Medicine Daan (3) Jnana Daan (Religious books) (4)Abhey Daan (offer accomodation) Aahar daan is best among the above four daans. Hence food daan is to be considered as the supreme charity. One should adopt Das Lakshan Dharma. Religious persons are advised to think over Twelve Contemplations and Solah karam in their lives and follow them.Thus they will store Punya Karam and these Punya Karmya will provide them all the best possible things in the life. One can become a rich man. A Lady can get a religious man or a man can get an obedient woman, wealth, palaces etc. One can become Chakravarti or king or celestial in heaven. Even one can become the Bhagwan if one has stored sufficient Punya in one's life. Religious persons are advised to adopt (1) Ahimsa (2) Supreme truth (3) Achaurya (Not to Steal) (4) Aparigrah (worldly possession should be minimum) (5) Brahamcharya (celibacy). One should visit the religious places with dedication such as Mountain Kailash, Shikhar Ji, Champa Puri ji, Mountain Girnar Ji, Pawa Puri Ji etc. Agreat punya is earned after visiting religious places. If you have sufficient money you can purchase any luxurious item, similarly if you have sufficient punya you can go to Moksha. You can become Chakravarti. A Chakravarti has 96,000 queens, huge wealth, army, elephants, and horses with him.

The ladies who are engaged in religious activities, who give charity (Aahar daan) to sages, who keep fasts, who acquire religious knowledge by studying religious books and who help the needy persons, who are in the good books of their husbands, such religious ladies become male in their coming birth and thereafter they can become mendicants and then they go to Moksha.

Those ladies who are characterless and run after men, they become prostitute and they don't get any child in their lives and always remain worried and their lives are troubled. Similarly man who is characterless and runs after other's wife he always suffers from untold miseries in his life. He does not get any child, such a person is born poor. His life is no way better than an animal. Such chracterless persons go to hell, but those persons who adopt religion in their lives they get all worldly possession. They can become King or Chakravarty. They go to heaven and enjoy luxurious long life. They can become Tirthankars also.

All this is a game of Punya Karma (Sata Karma) and Paap Karma. Some persons invest their wealth in providing idols of Jinender Bhagwan in temple or some persons construct the temples of Jinender Bhagwan and some persons build Sant Niwas. Sant Niwas is a place where sages, mendicants stay for some time with view to give religious teachings to the living beings. They guide the human beings to adopt the path of religion, which can relieve them from worldly possession and teach them to go to the company of Nirgranth Saints. Nirgranth Sadhu follows the right path of religion and teaches others how they can relieve themselves from the circle of death and rebirth.

Those persons, who have money, but do not spend that money for their own welfare or for the welfare of their children or their family, such greedy persons, go to lower Gattis. They become snake etc. Those who worship moon, sun, Ksheterpal etc. and do not worship Jinender Bhagwan, such persons won't get son or daughter in their lives, hence they become incapable to develop their family and they take birth in lower Gattis.

Thus Mahavira Bhagwan replied the answers of the questions of Gautama Gandharv Swami, so that all the living beings would follow the right path and improve their future and they could lead a happy and prosperous life. He has stated that right actions can provide them all worldly possessions and carry one in the heaven, but if they follow the wrong path they will have to go to lower Gatti. They can go to Trianch Gatti where one fish eats other fish, dog eats cat, cat eats rat, lion eats deer etc. Oxen, he buffaloes, donkies etc. animals have to carry heavy loads and they are beaten time and again. Those who earn unwholesome Karmas they go to hell.

Mahavira Bhagwan has clearly stated that every one has to face the consequences of his actions whether they are right or wrong. Rishabh Nath Bhagwan could not get food for 13 months and eight days because of his false actions of his prebirth. He tied up the net on the mouth of an ox; so that it could not eat grasss with the result he could not get food for 13 months. Similarly Sati Anjana, Anjan Chor, Dropdi, Krishan, Ram, Sita etc all had to face untold miseries in their lives because of their false actions in their pre-birth. But at the same time they earned the Punya Karma also and went to heaven and become celestials and some attained Moksha. Hence one should always adopt Dharma and always think of well being of others, so that their life can become prosperous, peaceful, and one can get salvation. Every one has to face the consequences of his actions. If one has earned Punya Karma and thereafter one is engaged in Paap Karma then his Punya Karma will not be reduced completely. He will get the result of Punya Karma as well as Paap Karma also. If one is reserved for lower Gatti and thereafter one engages one self in religious work, his Paap karma can not be over completely but somewhat can be reduced.

Raja Sharanik was reserved for 7th hell then he earned Punya Karma by engaging himself in religious activities, he went to first hell instead of the 7th hell.