Anitya Bhavna
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Under this reflection, one thinks that in this world every thing such as life, youth, wealth, and property are transient or subject to alteration. Nothing in the universe is permanent, even though the whole universe is permanent or constant. Spiritual values are therefore worth striving for as soul's ultimate freedom and stability. This will help to break all worldly attachments.
Anitya meaning transient, ever changing. The opposite word is Nitya is permanent and changeless. This Bhavana makes us realize that our physical body, youth, beauty, health, wealth, sensual pleasures, fame-everything is temporary and one day could go away in an instant like a lightning in the sky. To convince ourselves with this bitter truth, we need to look no further than at our own past, rewind it and observe how our body and its capabilities have slowly deteriorated; how we have lost some of our friends and loved ones already.
Even if we live 100 hundred years, one day, we will have to leave everything, and our body will be nothing but a pile of ash. Jainism says very clearly that the attachment to these transient things is only going to cause more pain upon their loss if we don’t wake up. This recognition is very important for us to live a serene life.
For the mind it is frightening to know the ever-moving nature of everything we see. The mind wants to cling to whatever it has created - things, objects, ideas, relationships, and positions. That is why it is not willing to give up when the time comes. It says: It is going to remain with me forever. It is mine now. This is what causes attachment, thereby creating sadness upon separation.
That is the reason when the things or people depart from us, our mind is not ready to accept it. The mind refuses to recognize that nothing lasts forever. Either it changes or ends.
Contemplation
of this temporary nature of things is Anitya Bhavana.
This bhavana is meant to lift us up when we are down in the dumps; when things go wrong. The purpose of such contemplation is for us to get a better understanding of reality and help us change our focus to what is eternal – the soul.
There are many incidents in or daily life that exhibit the
temporary nature of worldly objects.On the day, Lord Ram was
supposed to be coronated as a king, his life took a wild turn. He was asked by his father to go to a forest for 12 years! The excitement of coronation was replaced by gloom and doom in an instant.
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