Jaina Ethics

SR No.: 001334
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Dayanand Bhargav
Publisher: Motilal Banarasidas
Publication Year: 1968
Total Pages: 314
Language: English
Classification: Book_English & Principle
File Size: 15 MB

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The Conduct of a Householder
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1. Sacittaniksepa: As a monk cannot accept the food which is associated with something sentient, the giver commits a transgression if he places food on a green leaf.1 Siddhasena says that one may purposely do so because then the food would not be accepted by the Sadhu and the householder will be benefitted.2
2. Sacittapidhāna: Covering of food with a sentient thing, like leaf, constitutes this aticāra.3
3. Kālātikrama: This means offering of food at inappropriate time. The Svetambara tradition ascribes intention of avoiding almsgiving by asking a Sadhu to accept food at such time when he is not allowed to take food.4
4. Paravyapadesa Pujyapada explains this as offering alms of others as if they were one's own. 5 Siddhasena says that it means telling the monk that the objects of alms do not belong to him and that the monk should ask somebody else for the same."
5. Mātsarya: It means lack of respect for the monk.7 Siddhasena thinks that anger shown to soliciting monk, or envy at some rich neighbour who offers rich alms, constitutes this aticāra.8
Sallekhanavrata
Samantabhadra, 9 Vasunandin,10 and Asadhara11 give a detailed description of this ritual of voluntary death. The nature of Sallekhanā is such that one is likely to confuse it with suicide. The Jaina ācāryas have, therefore, tried to distinguish it from suicide. Pujyapada says that rāga,
I.
Pujyapada on Tattvarthasutra, 7.36.
2. Ganin, Siddhasena on Tattvärthasutra, 7.31.
3. Pujyapada on Tattvärthasutra, 7.36. 4. Ganin, Siddhasena on Tattvärthasutra, 7.31.
5. Pujyapada on Tattvarthas utra, 7.36.
6. Ganin, Siddhasena on Tattvrathasutra, 7.31.
7. Pujyapada on Tattvarthasutra, 7.36.
8. Ganin, Siddhasena on Tattvärthasutra, 7.31. 9. Ratnakaranḍaśrāvakācāra, 122-129.
10.
Vasunandiśravakācāra, 271-272.
11. Sägaradharmamɣta, 8.1-110.