Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya by Haribhadra Sūri
Chapter 5 – A Line of Demarcation between the first four and last four Yogadṛṣṭis [37 of 121]
Chapter 5.3 – Bhavābhinandī Jīva (A Rejoicer of worldly existence) [19 of 26]
Behavioural traits of an enjoyer of worldly existence [6 of 10]
The dull-witted subject in question though born in the karmabhūmīs (in Jainism we get description of fifteen karmabhūmīs. They are places where all sixty-three great personages i.e., triṣaṣti śalākā puruṣa including tīrthaṅkara do take birth. The residents of these places can attain liberation in their present birth. The rejoicer of worldly existence fails to seize the opportunity of achieving spiritual growth even after being born as a human being (the best among all four gatis) in the fifteen karmabhūmīs. Such human birth is considered to be the best for imbibing the religion (i.e., practising religious activities that join one with liberation) in one’s own life. Instead of utilising such a precious birth to saw seeds of the religion he wastes his birth in gaining enjoyments from worldly objects.[1] This behavioural trait of the subject in question somewhat relates with the characteristic namely ‘engaged in undertaking that bear no fruits.’ It is the last characteristic out of eight afore mentioned characteristics of a rejoicer of worldly existence.
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[1] dharmabījaṃ paraṃ prāpya, mānuṣyaṃ karmabhūmiṣu |
na satkarmakṛṣāvasya, prayatante'lpamodhasaḥ ||83||
dharmabījaṃ–dharmakāraṇaṃ para–pradhānaṃ prāpyā''sādya, kiṃ tadityāha–mānucyaṃ–mānuṣatvaṃ, kve tyāha–karmabhūmiṣu–bharatādyāsu | kimityāha–na satkarmakṛṣau–dharmabījādhānādirūpāyāṃ asyadharmabījasya prayatante'lpamoghasaḥ–alyamataya katyarthaḥ ||83||
–Yogadṛṣṭisamuccaya and its auto–commentary.