Answer

In Jain Dharma, the 7 Vyasan means seven harmful addictions or bad habits that pull the soul toward paap karma, attachment, carelessness, and spiritual downfall.

The 7 Vyasan are commonly explained as:

• Jua – gambling
• Maans – eating meat
• Madira – drinking alcohol/intoxicants
• Veshya-gaman – immoral sexual conduct
• Shikar – hunting
• Chori – stealing
• Par-stri gaman – adultery or relationship with another’s spouse

Bhomika / Role of Each Vyasan with Example

• 1. Jua – Gambling
  Bhomika: It increases greed, false hopes, dishonesty, and attachment to money.
  Example: A person loses money in gambling, then lies to family or borrows money wrongly to continue gambling.
• 2. Maans – Eating Meat
  Bhomika: It directly supports violence toward living beings and weakens compassion.
  Example: Eating meat encourages killing of animals for taste, which is against Ahimsa.
• 3. Madira – Alcohol / Intoxication
  Bhomika: It destroys awareness, self-control, and right judgment.
  Example: A drunk person may speak harshly, fight, drive carelessly, or commit sinful actions without awareness.
• 4. Veshya-gaman – Immoral Sexual Conduct
  Bhomika: It increases lust, attachment, and moral downfall.
  Example: A person spends money and time in immoral relationships, harming family life and inner purity.
• 5. Shikar – Hunting
  Bhomika: It creates cruelty and pleasure in harming living beings.
  Example: Killing animals for fun or sport is a serious form of himsa.
• 6. Chori – Stealing
  Bhomika: It creates dishonesty, fear, and bad karma through taking what is not given.
  Example: Taking someone’s money, things, or cheating in business is stealing.
• 7. Par-stri Gaman – Adultery
  Bhomika: It breaks trust, creates attachment, and causes pain to families.
  Example: Having a relationship with another person’s husband or wife creates emotional harm and paap karma.

Spiritual Understanding

These 7 Vyasan are avoided because they increase:

• Himsa – violence
• Asatya – falsehood
• Chori – dishonesty
• Kashay – anger, ego, deceit, greed
• Moh – attachment and delusion

They take the soul away from samyak darshan, samyak gyan, and samyak charitra.

Takeaway

The main purpose of avoiding the 7 Vyasan is to protect the soul from harmful habits and move toward Ahimsa, self-control, purity, and liberation path.