Saravali Painnayam

SR No.: 001633
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan
Publication Year: 2004
Total Pages: 122
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Agam, Canon, History, & agam_anykaalin
File Size: 6 MB

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XL :SĀRĀVALĪ PRAKIRŅAKA
Real And Conventional Tīrtha -
In the Digambara tradition of the Jaina faith tirtha has been classified as real tīrtha (Niscaya-tīrtha) and conventional tirtha (Vyavahāra-tīrtha). First of all the pure and enlightened nature of the soul has been termed as real tirtha. Then, it has been said that the soul which is restrained by five great vows, consecreted by righteousness, restrained in respect of five sense organs and unattached, is the real tīrtha, by bathing in whose waters of monastic ordination and learning piety can be attained. Again, flawless righteousness, unblemished renunciation, noble penance and real knowledge are also considered to be real pilgrimages when they are devoid of passions and endowed with a calm disposition of equanimity.28 Similarly, in Mulācāra, the following of the pure religious code, in accordance with the canonical literature, has been termed as pilgrimage”, because it makes the soul pious through the means of right-knowledge and right-conduct. The general conclusion is that all those means that make the soul pious by removing the dirt of sensuality and passions etc. and help it in fording across the ocean of mundaneness are the real pilgrimages. Although it is also mentioned in the commentary to Bodhapāhuda that those conventional tirthas such as - Ürjayanta, Satruñjaya, Pāvāgiri, etc. – that have been touched by the lotus-feet of famous and glorious liberated souls and are, therefore, cause of destruction of the karma--mire, are also worthy of our worship. Thus, in the Digambara tradition, too, the path
“Vayasammatavisuddhe pañcendiyasañjade n,iravekkhe | Nhãe u munī titthadikkhăsikkhā sunhänena ||”
- Bodhapāhuda, 26–27. 28 Bodhapāhuda Tīkā, 26/91/21. 29 Sudadhammo ettha puna tittham – Mulācāra, 557.
'Tajjagatprasiddham niscayatīrtham prāptikāranam Muktamuni pā dasprstam tīrthaurjayantaśatruñjayalātadeśapāvgiri...!