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XXXVI: MAHĀPRATYĀKHYANA-PRAKĪRṆAKA
About the soul it has been said that for a person, only the soul is his own, nothing else is his. All other substances are external to his identity. At the same time, renunciation of all attachmental relationships that cause the mundane miseries has been preached. (13-17). About the question - "What should one condemn, denounce and confess and repent for the sake of atonement through expiation)?" - it has been said that one should condemn and denounce lack of restraint, ignorance and falsehood and confess all one's known and unknown misdeeds. (18-20). About craftiness, it has been said that it is not for adoption but for discarding. The monk must confess all his flaws and faults without vanity and without hiding anything. (21-23).
Answering the question as to who becomes all accomplished perfected soul Siddha, it has been said that the creature that expells the three spiritual stings of deceit, desire and falsehood, becomes Siddha. Exposing the three spiritual stings as harmful, the author has said that if these three raise their head during one's spiritual practices, the enlightenment becomes extremely difficult, or rather impossible to gain. Such a creature becomes an infinite wanderer in the mundane existence. Therefore, an alert aspirant must throw these three spiritual stings out of his heart. (24-29).
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About confession and atonement, the author says that the aspirant disciple must confess everything - good and bad in the
retraction (Pratikramana) of the basic and secondary spiritual virtues by the aspirant. However, a look at the original text reveals that it s not the retraction of these virtues that is being prescribed here, but the retraction from the negligent non-adherence to these virtues. Jaina Agama Sahitya : Manana Aur Mīmāmsā, Devendramuni, p. 390.
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