Story on satisfaction

There was a young dog, named Tom. Once Tom was very hungry, not able to enjoy anything and just frustrated with hunger and tireness. Suddenly he found a piece of bone and grab that. He started chewing it. Bone was sharp so his inner mouth get hurt and it start little bleeding inside mouth. He love the taste of blood. He concluded its a bone that has all blood in it. He start chewing more and more and he keep getting more and more blood. He was enjoying it.

Suddenly one wise dog, name Sam, passed by. Sam looked at Tom and start laughing on him. He told Tom "you are fool, the blood you think you are getting from bone is actually your own blood and bone is infact hurting you rather than giving you anything else." Tom shouted on him "You are foold and jealous coz I have bone. When I didn't have bone, there was no blood. So it is obvious that it is coming from bone." Sam just left him alone and went on his way lauging on Tom's ignorance.

Now thats what happiness is all about. Its our own blood. We feel it is coming from some bone. We are not found a way how to taste it on our own and so we are depend on some or other bones.

Don't wait for any bones, just take the responsibility to make yourself happy. Slowly, happiness will become your nature and you won't need to depend on anything. There will no requirements then to be happy, its just that your existence itself is enough. Happiness is a default, if you see the child he is happy unless someone take his toy away from him. So there is some requirement to become unhappy. We have collected so many such requirements to unhappy that we forget happiness is our basic nature.

(.. extracted from a post on orkut discussion groups)

Bhagya vs. Purusharth(Luck vs Efforts)

Question: Whatever happens in present- is that entirely dictated by my karma(Bhagya), or I have some freedom to do my own efforts (Purusharth)?

Bhagya vs. Purusharth(Luck vs Efforts):

• When we get some results without making conscious efforts, then it is sheer Bhagya which caused it. 

• When we make conscious efforts to get something and we get it, then Purusharth and Bhagya both caused it.

• When we make conscious efforts to get something and we do not achieve, then it was our Bhagya (bad Karma) which did not let us achieve it.

Advantage of knowing Bhagya and Purusharth:

• One makes the efforts and leave the result on both Bhagya and Purusharth. This removes anxiety or fear of the result, but rather let us accept the results, and bring equanimity.

Two extremes of wrong understanding:

A) Bhagya-Vaad: Considering Bhagya to be only factor in everything happening is called 'Bhagya-Vaad'. This is a wrong belief, because we do not put efforts in this case.

B) Purusharth-Vaad: Considering Purusharth to be the only factor is everything is called 'Purusharth-Vaad'. This is a wrong belief.

Is DNA = Karma?

Scientists say that DNA is a code for the whole body. The human body looks so complicated with so many organs functioning together in sync with each other. And it is surprising to see that the whole body and its organs is dictated by how the DNA is. This looks so surprising, that there are little machine inside our cells, which replicate the DNAs and the cells get divided, and an embryo transforms into baby and it then transforms in a man. The body structure, and its organs are all coded in the DNA.

Is DNA = Karma?
Since DNA affects us so much, it seems that it may be the karma. And also there are some sites in DNA, which are called Genes, which contribute in our body changes, and so many sites which does not seem to be useful. The 'not so useful' sites seem to be similar to 'Visrasopachaya parmanu - विस्रसोपचय परमाणु', as described in the Yoga Margana in Gommatsaar Jeevakaand Ji. However it turns out that DNA can not be Karma. Here are the reasons for that:
1. When a living body dies, the Karma gets flown along with the soul to its new body. If DNA had been karma, it would have flown along with the soul- but DNA remains with the dead body.
2. Plants have DNA, but water, fire etc do not have DNA, while water and fire itself are living beings.
3. Karma particles are too small to be DNA. DNAs are in the range of 20-24 A, while karma particles are really really minute.

If Karma is not DNA, and DNA seems to be doing lot of things which Karma is supposed to do. So the question is how DNA and karma are related?

How Karma and DNA are related:
1. It seems that Karma particles modify the DNA which one inherits from the parents.
2. There are 8 types of karma, and it seems DNA does most of things which Naam Karma is supposed to do. So it seems some types of Naam Karma are responsible in constructing/modifying the DNA.

Insights in Karma, from the learning of DNA:
- DNA and its surrounding seems to be making a complicated machine to build the whole body. And DNA seems to be constructed/shaped by the Naam Karma. Now all types of karma does not seem to follow the same pattern. Gyanavarni, DarshanaVarni, Antaraya and mohania karma does not seem to be making machines, as Naam karma seems to be.


On Spiritual front (Analogy of Karma with DNA):
As there is DNA which dictates so many things - so we have Gyanavarni etc 8 karmas which, if similar to DNA, would have active and passive sites- which affect our gyaan etc 8 things. The site can be categorized in 3 ways:
1. Passive Sites: Sites which are passive- These are 'Visrasopachaya parmanu - विस्रसोपचय परमाणु'
2. Dormant Sites: Sites which will be active after some duration- These are karma which will be in rise after some duration, and would come with some intensity.
3. Active Sites: Sites which are active now- There are karma in Udaya, and would become passive, once they have given their effect.

Why does karma bind to soul:

From the scriptures- when the soul does kashaya it attracts the karam vaargana according to its Raaga-Dwesha. So from my DNA analogy above, it seems that the kashaya of soul works on all 3 sites as follows:
1. Passive Sites: Passive sites become active, which is called Bandh.
2. Dormant sites: Their duration and intensity may change, which is called Utkarshan and Apkarshan.
3. Active sites: Active sites may not be able to show their effect, or show their effect more than they were supposed depending on current kashaya and conditions.

So it seems our kashaya is responsible for all the things which are happening with us. Kashay bring karma, and which in turns affect our knowledge, emotions, body, surroundings etc.

How to get rid of karma:

The way to get rid of karma is to get detached- to not have any Kashaya. Lets see how getting no kashaya may help getting rid of karma with DNA analogy:
1. Passive Sites: Passive sites remain passive. Since there is no kashaya- so there is nothing which make them dormant or active.
2. Dormant Sites: This seems to be making an interesting case. When one does Kashaya, the dormant sites' intensity and time-to-activate increases, and when one stops kashaya, the domant sites' intensity and time-to-activate decreases. So in order for dormant to remain the same way, it needs some level of Kashaya by soul- and if that kashaya does not happen- the dormant sites starts becoming passive.
3. Active Sites: The acitve sites for Mohaniya do not result in much, when someone is trying to not have kashaya. This is valid only if Active sites not have great intensity. If they have high intensity, then the soul is not able to remain in no-kashaya state.


Open questions in DNA:

These are open questions I have- some specialist in DNA field may have answers.
1. Does all cells in a livng being have same DNA?
2. When we eat something, we are eating new DNA's. In that case how does it work out- dooesn't it clash with our exisiting DNAs?
3. How does DNA medicines work- do they repair all the DNAs in the body. Or just for some limited DNAs?
4. DNA come from our parents. However some living beings just get created in atmosphere. For example: In my dry lentils box- I see some small living beings get created, while they did not have any parents. How do their DNA get build in this case when they do not have parents or egg?
5. DNA of a person comes from parents- however for some persons, their body and interests does not completely relate at all with his parents and forefathers. Is Science able to answer that- or there are no answers till now?

My trip to exhibition 'Body World'

I went to the exhibition Body World - 2 in San Jose tech museum on 05, Jan, 2008- and it was a great experience. Some people get enchanted to see the beauty which lies inside the complicated human body, and some realize how mortal our body is, and ponder over the relation between the soul and the body, and how body get evolved so complicated.

What does exhibition show:
The exhibition show the real internal organs of humans, and also some animals like horse. The following things were shown in the exhibition:

1. Bones: The whole skeleton was displayed which showed around 200 bones in human body and around 100 joints. Hands, knee joints, joints in legs were showen separately for a better insight.

2. Muscular system: Triceps, biceps, shoulder muscles and other muscles were shown.

3. Internal organs: Internal organs like kidney, stomach, small intestine, heart, spleen, liver, big intestine, kidney etc were shown. For a better understanding, they cut across organs to display the internals. For example to show the internal large surface area of small intestine, they cut it open and displayed.

4. Diseased organs: They displayed- a smokers lung which looked black. Also many organs infected with tumour etc were displayed.

5. Nervous system: The nerves were shown, which run from brain to almost every part of body. Interestingly, heart has its own little nervous system.

6. Internal Systems: There were separate bodies and organs displayed to explain digestion, urine and other systems.

How did the displayed human bodies come from:
The human bodies were made from a Plastination process, which is developed by Gunther von Hagens. . The Plastinization is explained at http://www.bodyworlds.com/en/plastination/method_plastination.html.



What I learnt from the exhibition:

I essentially started appreciating the complexity of human body. With this appreciation, came the following learnings:

Relation between body and soul: The story of a body starts when a soul enters a new little body, and later body gets developed in a big complicated system. The question arises- how body gets developed in such a complicated system of multiple organs functioning together. The code for the body seems to be the DNA, as scientists find. And religion says- it is karma. There has to be reconcilation here in these two point of views. One case may be - The karma dictates which parent should one take birth with- and that recoinciles karma and DNA. DNA is at the level of 1/(10 power -10), which is actually far bigger than karma particles. So it seems karma lies at the core which dictates, which parent to chose, and once the parents are chosen, how its DNA would be different than the parents. (I will update this once I have more knowledge on DNA.)

Karma are more complicated than the body: Body is what we see from outside, and it internally has a very complicated system. And the code of this complicated system lies in Karma. And actually karma's job is not to just form the body, but actually it is responsible for lot more things than just the body. Karma influences our relationship with people around, our finances, job, our intelligence, our emotions in general, our accidents in life, our good times and bad times in life, our age, our reputation in society and friends, our interest toward religion and lot many things. There Karma has lot more information, and part of it is encoding for the body.

What lies behind karma: Behind Karma lies emotions- the emotions to have something, to not have something. In other words- to hate, anger, greed, deceipt, attraction, laughter, jealousy etc. The emotions has multiple types, and one keeps doing it continuosly, and continously bringing more karma, and also changing the exisited bound karma.

Body changes as Karma changes (partial statement): Body forms with the influence of Karma, however we should not think that karma stops its role, once the body is formed. The karma still influences and bring changes to its body. For example, we can see - when someone starts worshipping God, his health starts getting better. This comes from making karma better, which brings changes in body. However there can be changes to some extent- it definitely can not cure amputed hands.

Karma changes as emotion changes: As body changes, our karma also changes. It brings difference to karma getting influxed, and also to the bound karma.

All above process seems so strange and weird, but its true.

Another angle: Structure inside the plants(onion), and other animals: Though the exhibition shows the internal of human body after plastinizationm, which takes a whole lot of dedicated research and many research man years for such a dedication. However there are many living beings we can see without that process. For example- plants - we can see it inside. How onions, cucumber, cashew nuts and other plants look from inside. The have also a structure inside, which agains stems from DNA, karma, and links to their emotions in previous births. In contrast to human, they have different color, smell etc.

Gunasthaan (गुणस्थान)

गुणस्थान	व्याख्या १		व्याख्या २
1 मिथ्यात्व	५ प्रकार: एकान्त, विपरीत, विनय, संशय, अज्ञान लक्षण= धर्म अच्छा नहीं लगता: ४ प्रकार: · वस्तुस्वभाव एवं आत्मा क शुद्ध स्वभाव · उत्तम क्षमादि धर्म · रत्नत्रय · दया
2 सासादन	पारिणामिक भाव = · दर्शन मोह की अपेक्षा नही। · अनन्तानुबन्धी कषायो मे से एक के आ जाने पर यह गुणस्थान होता है।		अविरत से गिरते हुए ये होता है। इसमे अतत्वश्रद्धान अव्यक्त, तथा १st गुणस्थान मे व्यक्त होता है।
3 मिश्र	क्षायोशमिक भाव = · मिथ्यात्व प्रकृति के सर्वघाति स्पर्धको क उदयाभाव रूप क्षय · मिश्र प्रकृति का उदय · अनन्तानुबन्धी का उदय नहीं		मिश्र प्रकृति के उदय से मिश्ररूप परिणाम होते हैं। इस गुणस्थान मे मरण नहीं होता। इस गुणस्थान मे मरणान्तिक समुद्घात नहीं होता।
4 अविरत	उपशम, क्षयोपशम, क्षय		क्षायोशमिक (वेदक)= · अनन्तानुबन्धी का अप्रशस्तोपशम अथवा विसंयोजन (अनन्तानुबन्धी का प्रशस्तोपशम नहीं होता) · मिथ्याव, मिश्र क प्रशस्त या अप्रशस्त उपशम या क्षयोन्मुखता(क्षय के सन्मुख) होने पर · सम्यक्तव का उदय · सम्यक्तव का वेदन करता है, इसलिये वेदक भी कहते हैं। · दोष = · १. चल(चलायमान, चंचल), · २. मल(शंका), · ३. अगाङ(सम्यक्त्व मे शिथिलता) उपशम = ७ प्रकृतियों का उपशम क्षायिक = ७ प्रकृतियों का क्षय
5 देशविरत	क्षायोशमिक भाव = चारित्रमोह की अपेक्षा
6 प्रमत्तविरत	क्षायोशमिक भाव = चारित्रमोह की अपेक्षा		संज़्वलन, नोकषाय के उदय से संयम मे मल उत्पन्न करने वाला प्रमाद भी होता है। व्यक्त और अव्यक्त दोनो प्रकार से प्रमाद करता है। रहने का उत्कृष्ट समय = अंतर्मुहूर्त प्रमाद(१५) = स्त्रीकथा, भक्त कथा, राष्ट्र कथा, अवनिपाल कथा, ४ कषाय, ५ इन्द्रिय, निद्रा, प्रणय
7 अप्रमत्तविरत	क्षायोशमिक भाव = चारित्रमोह की अपेक्षा		अधःकरण : उपर समयवर्ती जीवो के परिणाम, नीचे समय वाले जीवो के समान होते है, और असमान भी होते हैं। Total परिणाम = अनंख्यात लोकप्रमाण अनुकृष्टी रचना इस गुणस्थान मे होती है।
8 अपूर्वकरण	उपशम श्रेणी औपशमिक भाव=चारित्रमोह की २१ प्रकृति का उपशम	क्षायिक श्रेणी क्षायिक भाव =चारित्रमोह की २१ प्रकृति का उपशम	अपूर्वकरण : उपर समवर्ती जीवो के परिणाम, नीचे समय वाले जीवों के नहीं होते।
9 अनिवृत्तिकरण	औपशमिक भाव=चारित्रमोह की २१ प्रकृति का उपशम	क्षायिक भाव =चारित्रमोह की २१ प्रकृति का उपशम	अनिवृत्तिकरण : Time: अधःकरण > अपूर्वकरण >अनिवृत्तिकरण परिणाम: अपूर्वकरण > अधःकरण >अनिवृत्तिकरण No of समय = No of परिणाम - हर समय का परिणाम निश्चित होता है। - इस गुणस्थान मे पूर्वस्पर्धक से अपूर्वस्पर्धक, बादरकृष्टी, सूक्ष्मकृष्टी की रचना होती हैं, जिनका उदय १०वें गुणस्थान मे होता है। - अनुभाग : पूर्वस्पर्धक > अपूर्वस्पर्धक > बादरकृष्टी > सूक्ष्मकृष्टी
10 सूक्ष्मसाम्पराय	औपशमिक भाव=चारित्रमोह की २१ प्रकृति का उपशम	क्षायिक भाव =चारित्रमोह की २१ प्रकृति का उपशम	-सूक्ष्म राग = लोभ कषाय से युक्त है।
11 उपशान्त मोह	औपशमिक भाव=चारित्रमोह की समस्त प्रकृति का उपशम	NA
12 क्षीण मोह	NA	क्षायिक भाव =चारित्रमोह की समस्त प्रकृति का उपशम
13 संयोग केवली
14 अयोग केवली			१८००० शील के भेदो के स्वामी हैं = ३ योग, ३ करण, ४ संज्ञा, ५ इन्द्री, १० पृथ्वीकायादि जीव, १० धर्म: ३*३*४*५*१०*१० = १८०००

गुणश्रेणी निर्जरा: (सातिशय मिथ्यादृष्टी = करण लब्धी में अपूर्वकरण परिणाम)

मिथ्यात्व दशा < सातिशय मिथ्यादृष्टी < ४ गुणस्थान < ५ गुणस्थान < ६ गुणस्थान < अनंतानुबन्धी का विसंयोजन करने वाला <दर्शनमोह क क्षय करने वाला < कषाय उपशम करने वाला ३ करण में < ११ गुणस्थान < कषाय क्षय करने वाला ३ करण में < १२ गुणस्थान < समुद्घात रहित केवली < समुद्घात सहित केवली

(उपर्युक्त मे असंख्यात गुणा निर्जरा बड्ती चली जाती है।)

निर्जरा का समय संख्यात गुणा घटता चला जाता है।

कर्मण्यवाधिकार्स्तु मा फ़लेषु कदाचन

One should keep doing deeds without the expectations of fruits.

The above statement is true from some perspective. Lets see both the perspectives:

1. One will do deeds with the expectations of fruits: Definitely yes, one becomes a monk, in order to get moksha.

2. One will do deeds without the expectations of fruits: Sometimes this is true. when one does tapa, and out fluxes his karma- he still keep getting sufferings. For example: ParshwaNaath Bhagwaan did some much tapasya in his last births, but got some many sufferings from Kamath. In such case, someone may lose his patience and leave the right path to Moksha. In such case, one should not expect his deeds to necessarily show up good fruits in short term. He may have many sifferings in between because of his previous bad karma, which he does not know- how many they are in store.

So the conclusion is, on the path to Moksha, if one is not getting success in getting peace-he should keep patience- should not stumble in between if sufferings because of past karmas come in the way.

Sensory knowledge limitations

Sensory knowledge is limited and not able to contain many aspects of truth:

1. It can not see soul, and therefore not able to see how the soul entered a body, and how it went out of body after death.

2. Since time span for observation is less, since almost all memory vanishes after death most of the time, one is not able to relate how past deeds affected his future (karma theory)
Examples:
a) One remains engaged in sensual pleasures, because not able to see its bad consequences.
b) One does a wrong thing, because not able to see its bad consequences.

3. Karma particles, one can not see with sensory knowledge

4. one can not see the purest form of soul- God

5. one can not see the cycle of birth and death clearly with sensory knowledge.


The usual wrong conclusions by wrong sensory knowledge:

1. Sensual pleasure is the best thing to have.
2. Getting fame gives me happiness. I should make efforts for being famous.
3. This goddess fulfilled my friend's wish, so I will also pray to this goddess.
4. He is my enemy, and therefore I should take revenge (though it was because of his past bad karma)
5. He did so good to me, and therefore I will devote my whole life for him(though it was because of his past good karma)