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XL : MAHĀPRATYĀKHYĀNA-PRAKĪRNAKA
one should have an unwavering faith on such a dharma, because it is that dharma, which is ultimately going to lead him to his spiritual emancipation. (107) In the next few verses it has been said that the aspirant must renounce all activities of the mind, body and speech, which are not worthy of a spiritual practitioner. He should not think the unthinkable, not speak the unspeakable and not do the undoable. (108–110)
Arahanta (Venearable conquerors of spiritual foes), Siddha (Ultimate all-accomplished perfected souls), Ācārya (Spiritual masters and heads of monastic orders), Upădhyāya (spiritual preceptors and scriptural teachers) and Sadhu (Ordained monks true to their monasticism) have been said to be worthy of worship and veneration and that by recalling their virtues the aspirant is able to shun sinful activities. (114-120) Discussing the issue of pain, the author has said that a monk that seeks mundane supports suffers pain and becomes miserable. Therefore, the pain, which is a just retribution for one's own faults and misdeeds, must be borne with equanimity. (121-122)
According to this work, the monks belonging to the Jinakalpa practice rigorous monastic practices as preached by the Lords Jina and that the voluntary (peaceful) death embraced by them is certainly praiseworthy. (126-127) It has been said that the aspirant must renounce four passions, three types of pride, five types of sensory enjoyments and unfurl the flag of the faith by enduring the monastic hardships. (134).
Preaching the import: ice of fording across the ocean of mundane existence, the author says that the aspirant inust destroy the karma-matter associated with the soul by vigilantly treading the liberating path of right--vision, right-knowledge and right
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