Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 2

SR No.: 001002
Original Sutra Author: Hemchandracharya
Author: Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra
Publication Year: 1937
Total Pages: 438
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Mythology, & Story
File Size: 9 MB

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SUVIDHINĀTHACARITRA
333 Crookedness of mind, speech, body, deception of others, employment of deceit, false belief, slander, fickle-mindedness, debasing gold, etc., bearing false witness, causing changes in color, odor, flavor, touch, etc., destruction of body and limbs, work on machines and cages, work on false measures and weights, blame of others and self-praise, injury, lying, theft, unchastity, great undertakings and possessions, harsh and vulgar speech, pride from clean clothes, etc., garrulity, abuse, destruction of happiness, use of magic, production of curiosity on part of others by jokes and mockery, the giving of ornaments, etc. to courtesans, etc., the lighting of a forest-fire, the theft of perfume, etc. in disguise of a god, etc., sharp passions, destruction of shrines, rest-houses, groves and statues, and the making of charcoal, etc. are channels of bad bodymaking karma. The reverse of these things, and fear of samsāra, destruction of carelessness, acquisition of good character, forbearance, etc., respect and making welcome of religious men at sight are äsravas of good body-making karma.
Devotion to Arhats, siddhas, gurus, elders, very learned people, the sect, scriptural knowledge, ascetics, lack of negligence in daily duties, and in practice of the vows, reverence, practice in knowledge, penance, renunciation, frequent meditation, promulgation of doctrine, production of tranquillity in the church, service to sådhus, gaining of new knowledge, and purity of belief are asravas of bodymaking karma of Tirthakrts. These twenty were possessed by the first and last Tirthanāthas; one, two or three, or all by the other Jineśvaras. 471
Blame, contempt and ridicule, omitting existing merits, relating existing and non-existing faults of other people,
471 129. For a detailed account of these 20 sthānakas, see I, pp. 8off.; and the Pravac. 304 ff. It seems a little strange that if some of the intermediate Tirthankaras had all 20, they were not included with Rsabha and Mahāvira in the enumeration, but there is no doubt about the facts.