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 Jaina Monk
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scriptures, and keeping silence, etc., to a saint, who is devoid of equanimity ?"1
Mūlācāra lays down the following conditions for sāmāyika: detachment, faith in scriptures, abstention from vices, three guptis, control over senses, austerity, victory over kaşayas and objects of enjoyment, abstention from arta and raudra dhyana, and devotion to dharma and śukla dhyāna.2 Anāgāradharmāmṛta has classified sāmāyika as well as other avasyakas into six categories :3
1. Nāma-detachment from good or bad names.
2. Sthapana-detachment from things placed proportionately or otherwise.
3. Dravya-detachment from good or bad material. 4. Ksetra-detachment from good or bad place. 5. Kala-detachment from good or bad time. 6. Bhāva-detachment from good or bad ideas.
Caturviṁśatistava
This includes offering prayers to twenty four Tirthankaras. These Tirthankaras are possessed of the following six qualities:
1. They spiritually illuminate the lokas.5
2. They pacify afflictions, destroy desire, and remove mental pollution and are, therefore, dravyatīrthas.® They are possessed of faith, knowledge and conduct and are therefore, bhavatirthas."
3. They have conquered the kaşayas.8
4. They have destroyed karmans.9
5. They are to be worshipped by all.10
6. They are possessed of kevalajñāna.11
1. Niyamasara, 124. (Translation from The Sacred Books of the Jainas, Vol. IX., p. 57).
2. Mülācāra, 7.22-32. Also Anāgāradharmamṛta 8.18.
3. Ibid., 7.17.
4. Ibid., 8.19-26.
5. Ibid., 7.59.
6. Ibid., 7.62.
7. Ibid., 7.63.
8. Ibid., 7.64. 9. Ibid., 7.64
10. Ibid., 7.65 II. Ibid., 7.67