Some Jain Concepts and Conduct

SR No.: 001417
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Sushma Singhvi
Publisher: B J Institute
Publication Year: 2005
Total Pages: 76
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Principle, Achar, Spiritual, C000, & C005
File Size: 5 MB

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[Some Jain Concepts and Conduct
Ahasaṁvibhāga - the fourth śikṣāvrata ahasamvibhāga (athisaṁvibhāga) prescribes that a śrāvaka should offer food, drink etc. to monk and nuns strictly in accordance with the rules. The items offered must be acceptable to the recipients as per the monastic rules. The things should be properly earned and offered in gratitude towards the monastic order. (1) sacittanikkhevana - the first'aticāra of this sikşāvrata relates to depositing the acceptable food on live articles such as grains and rice etc. with the intention of avoiding the dāna. (2) sacittapihana - the second aticāra is concerned with coving the alms with living articles, such as fruits, leaves, flowers etc. (3) kālātikamma - The 3rd aticāra is called kālātikamma, takes place when the dāna is offered either when the time for the monks to eat is over or when the time has not come. (4) parovaesa - is incurred when a householder, at the time of breaking his fast after the pausadhopavāsa, refuses to offer the alms on the plea that the same belongs to somebody else. (5) macchari - in the fifth aticāra the alms is given out of the anger or envy at the monk.
All the above mentioned act of dāna the are aticāras and not bhangas because the donor has the will and eagerness to give but his intention to give is polluted leading to inventing excuses. A genuine bharga takes place when the donor is influenced by the karma that obstructs the desire to give and as a consequence he does not give and prevents others from giving and also repents after giving an account of the niggardliness.
Samlekhanā - at the top of the samyaktva, aņuvrata and sila there is the practice of penance of samlekhanā for attenuation of the body and the passions which a layman as well as a monk or nun undertakes at the end of his life. This penance extends over twelve year in the maximum. It is undertaken by a layman and also a monk or a nun. In the Uttaradhyayana the period of twelve years is distributed for