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## Twenty-eighth Stānaka - Samvāya
They will be liberated, attain Parinirvāṇa and end all suffering.
|| Twenty-seventh Stānaka Samvāya ends ||
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Twenty-eighth Stānaka - Samvāya
183 - The Ācāra-prakalpa has been stated as twenty-eight types, such as - 1 Māsika Āropaṇa, 2 Sapamcaraī Māsika Āropaṇa, 3 Sadasarai Māsika Āropaṇa, [ 4 Sapamcara-sarai Māsika Āropaṇa, 5 Savīsaīrai Māsika Āropaṇa, 6 Sapamca-vīsa-sarai Māsika Āropaṇa ] and so on, 6 Dvimāsika Āropaṇa, 6 Tri-māsika Āropaṇa, 6 Catur-māsika Āropaṇa, 6 Upghātika Āropaṇa, 25 Anupghātika Āropaṇa, 26 Kṛtsnā Āropaṇa, 27 Akṛtsnā Āropaṇa, 28. These twenty-eight types are the Ācāra-prakalpa. This is to be practiced (until the purification of the committed offense).
**Explanation** - 'Ācāra' is the first part of the name. Its specific study is called prakalpa. Its other name is 'Niśītha'. It prescribes penance for the purification of offenses committed by monks and nuns due to ignorance, carelessness or passion. The reason for calling it Ācāra-prakalpa is that by performing penance, monks and nuns are re-established in their knowledge, vision and character-based conduct. Twenty-eight types of this Ācāra-prakalpa or penance are mentioned in the original text, their description is as follows:
If a monk commits an offense, he is given penance of fasting for a certain number of days for his purification. If, before the completion of that penance, he commits a greater offense, the purification of which is possible by fasting for a month, then he is given a penance of fasting for a month, which is added to the previous penance. This is called Māsika Āropaṇa. || 1 ||
If someone commits an offense, the purification of which is possible by fasting for a month along with five days and nights, then such an offender is given a penance of fasting for a month along with five days and nights, which is added to the previous penance. This is called Sapamcaraī Māsika Āropaṇa. || 1 ||
Similarly, if a greater offense is committed, the penance for which is purification by fasting for a month along with ten days and nights, then giving such penance is called Sadasarai Māsika Āropaṇa. || 3 || Similarly, if a penance of fasting for a month along with fifteen, twenty and twenty-five days and nights is added to the monthly penance, then it is called...