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It can be seen that these four types of karma are associated with the body, which the soul resides in, in its corporeal form in a particular birth. Complete separation from these types of karma means complete freedom from the encumbrance of the body or to achieve bodylessness (Aśarīratva or incorporeality), which is the case with the Siddhas.
Siddhas are venerable and worthy of worship, as they are the ultimate in spiritual accomplishment and perfection and present an example of what can be achieved through adherence to the tenets of the right faith. It is, therefore, in fitness of things that every Jaina bows to them every day Ācāryas -
Ācāryas or the spiritual masters, who head the four-fold religious order, comprising the ordained monks and nuns and lay male and female followers of the faith, are saints with high a very degree of renunciation and spiritual accomplishments. They command reverence by virtue of their thirty-six qualities, namely, 1-5. Restraint of five sense-organs, 6-14. Observing perfect sexual abstinence characterised by nine
types of restrictions, 15-18. Freedom from four great passions of anger, pride, guile
and greed, 19–23. Observance of five great vows of complete non-violence,
complete truthfulness, complete avoidance from accepting anything not offered by its rightful owner, complete sexual continence and complete lack of material encumbrance
(possessions or attachment thereto), 24-28. Capable of undertaking five types of monastic duties, and 29–36. Observing five types of vigilance (Pañca Samiti) and three
types of self-controls of body, mind and thought (Trigupti).
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| SR No. | 006564 |
| Book Title | Jainism the Creed for All Times |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | D S Baya |
| Publisher | Prakrit Bharti Academy |
| Publication Year | 2006 |
| Total Pages | 420 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 20 MB |