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Forty-first Chapter
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· This is the conduct of the householders, now the means of liberation is described. At the end of life, by abandoning the body, food and all kinds of activities, the purification of the soul through meditation is called the means of liberation. ||146|| In these three, the Arhant Dev's followers, the twice-born, do not even touch violence, thus the elimination of the faults attributed to oneself is possible. ||150|| The purity of the four Ashramas is also in the opinion of Sri Arhant Dev. The four Ashramas that others have considered are beautiful without being considered, that is, they are beautiful until they are considered. ||151|| Brahmachari, Grihastha, Vanaprastha and Bhikshu are the four Ashramas of the Jains, which are obtained by increasing purity. ||152|| These four Ashramas, with their own internal differences, become many kinds, their knowledge should be obtained in detail, but due to the fear of increasing the size of the book, their expansion is not written here. ||153|| This way of increasing one's soul through virtues is called Sadgurutva. Now, further, we will describe the third action called Parivajya, which is extremely pure. ||154|| This is the second Sadgurutva action. ||155|| Thus, by following the duties of a householder and becoming detached from the dwelling of the house, the man's acceptance of initiation is called Parivajya. ||155|| The state of Parivrajak, which is the state of liberation initiation, is called Parivajya. In this Parivajya action, one has to abandon the sense of possessiveness and adopt the Digambar form. ||156|| A man who desires liberation should accept initiation from a Nirgrantha Acharya on an auspicious day, auspicious constellation, auspicious yoga, auspicious lagna and auspicious planetary positions. ||157|| A man whose lineage and clan are pure, whose character is excellent, whose face is beautiful and whose intellect is good is considered fit for initiation. ||158|| On the day when there is an eclipse of the planets, an eclipse, a halo (mandala) on the sun and moon, a rainbow, the rise of evil planets, the sky is covered with clouds, the lost month
5 Muhurta.
1 Activity. 2 Four Ashramas. 3 Various kinds. 4 Detachment goes. 6 Planetary positions with L, D, A, P, I, S. 7 Lunar and other eclipses.