Saá¹ÂsÃÂra () in Jain philosophy, refers to the worldly life characterized by continuous reincarnations in various realms of existence. is described as mundane existence, a life full of suffering and misery, and hence it is considered undesirable and worth renouncing. Saá¹ÂsÃÂra, and with it bondage to karma, is beginning-less. Moksha is the only way to be liberated from saá¹ÂsÃÂra.
According to the Jain text Tattvartha Sutra:
Activities that lead to the influx of karmas (asrava) which extends transmigration are:
Jain texts prescribe meditation on twelve forms of reflection (bhÃÂvanÃÂ) for those who wish to stop the above described asrava. One such reflection is Saá¹ÂsÃÂra bhavanÃÂ. It has been described in one of the Jain text, SarvÃÂrthasiddhi as:
Champat Rai Jain, a 20th-century Jain writer, in his book The Practical Dharma, wrote: