Concept of Pancasila in Indian Thaought

SR No.: 001666
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Kamla Jain
Publisher: P V Research Institute Varanasi
Publication Year: 1983
Total Pages: 290
Language: English
Classification: Book_English, Religion, & Principle
File Size: 16 MB

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228 The Concept of Pancasila in Indian Thought parigraph. Niryuktis and other texts like Vimsativimsikä define aparigraha as 'svalpa parigraha' which includes articlesallowed for religious purposes or for the maintenance of a perfect mode of life. Such a list of articles which the monk could use is also given in Bphatkalpabhāșya and the Acārānga etc. Thus the monk is said to be established in the vow of complete aparigrah (even though he keeps a few possessions for daily use), because he has no attachment for them. The Five Bhāvanās
The five helping devices or bhāvanās for safeguarding this vow are very simply stated together with the bhāvanās for the other vows in the Samavāyāmga Sūtra. The bhāvanās underline the fact that the root of parigraha lies in the attachment to sensual objects, i. e. objects pertaining to all the senses. It is stressed that the monk should have strong intentions for abstaining from attachment towards all the five objects (visayas) of sabda, rūpa, gandha, rasa and sparsa (i. e. sound, colour, smell, taste and touch) of the five senses of ears, eyes, nose, tongue and body respectively. Control on each object of each sense is regarded as one helping device. In this way five checks--one on each of the five different senses-become the five helping devices for this vow.8
The Exceptions
So far the discussion pertained to the universal and ordinary circumstances (utsarga) in which the monk observes the vow of complete aparigraha which also means that he uses. only those things which are prescribed for him and the
1. Fifa atef qri at mai qr4 TET I
a fo FFA IPUIET Etrefa afecta al Dasav. 6, 19. 2. History of Jaina Monachism-S.B. Deo, p. 435. 3. "सोड दियरागोवरई, चक्खिन्दियरागोवरई घणिन्दियरागोवरईजिब्भिन्दिय रागोवरई फसिन्दियरागोवरई ।"
-Samavāya, 25.