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Impact of Vedic Tradition on Jainism
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iryāpathe pracalatādya mayā pramādāt / ekendriyapramukha-ji vanikāyabādhã // nidvartitā yadi bhaveva yugāntareksā / mithyā tadastu duritam gurubhaktito me //
It is to be remembered that in śvetāmbara tradition the 'Caityavandana' contains a small sūtra of ('Iriāvihi virāhanāye') which means "I atone for the violence to one-sensed beings while going for Caityavandana". On the other hand in the rituals of worship and offerings violence to other one-sensed beings such as earth, air, water fire or vegetables is committed, it is certainly an inner selfcontradiction. Probably due to the influence of Hindu Dharma many worship-related rituals and ceremonies entered in Jaina tradition by 6th-7th century AD For this reason, Ācārya Haribhadra, in the 8ih century AD had to prohibit Jaina monks from performing many of these rituals. Haribhadra, in his 'Sambodha-prakarana' prohibited Jaina monks to stay in Caityas (temples) and worship of Jina-idols with articles of worship, dancing, singing or staging of dramas etc. in front of the Jina-idol. Not only this, in the same text he describes worship with the articles of worship as impure.
Generally, in Jaina tradition penancedominated ceremonies are related to the enhancement of spiritual qualities and control on
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