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Śrāvakācāra : Code of Conduct of a Householder
Who is a Śravaka ? The word Śrävaka(a house holder or a lay man) is used in a special sense in Jainism. Generally speaking a Śravaka is a person who has acquired a right faith (Samyagdarśana) in the spiritual categories like soul, karma, rebirth, enlightenment and emancipation. The Uttaradhyayana defines samyaktva as belief in nine categories.' In Darśanapahuda, Kundakunda also defines samyagdarśana as a firm belief in the six substances and nine categories. In Mokṣapahuda, samyagdarśana is defined as belief in dharma devoid of violence, in faultless deity and in the way of life prescribed by the omniscient.' In Niyamasāra samyagdarśana is explained as a belief in liberated souls, Jaina scriptures and Jaina principles. In Mūlācāra, the samyagdarśana is defined as belief in Nine categories.' Svāmikārtikeya added belief in nonabsolutism as a condition for samyagdarśana." He held that the nature of nine categories cannot be rightly ascertained without the help of Pramāṇa and naya. Umāsvāti, who is followed by Amṛtacandrācārya and Nemicandra Siddhantacakravarti, defines samyagdarśana as belief in the seven pedicments of Jainism.' Samyagdarśana defines samyagdarśana as a belief in true deities, true scripture and true teachers as against the three follies of belief in pseudo-deva, pseudo-belief and pseudo-teacher. Samyagdarśana also speaks of the eight essentials of right faith and the necessary of freedom from eight types of pride for a
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