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62 :: Aspects of Jaina Religion
Out of these two kinds of right conduct, the former, i.e., the sakala-chāritra involves the practice of all the rules of conduct with vigour and higher degree of spiritual sensitivity while the latter, that is, the vikala-chāritra, involves the practice of the same with as much increasing degree of deligence, severity and purity as might be possible.
Further, it may be noted that (i) Sakala-chāritra is meant for and observed by ascetics who have renounced worldly ties, and is also known as muni-dharma; and (ii) Vikalachāritras is meant for and known as srāvaka-dharma, i.e., the householder's dharma.
The several rules of conduct prescribed both for laymen and ascetics constitute the ethics of Jainism. As such they are discussed in detail in the next chapter on 'Ethics of Jainism'.
