Illuminator of Jaina Tenets

SR No.: 006924
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Tulsi Acharya
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1985
Total Pages: 252
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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Illuminator of Jaina Tenets
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24. dig-upabhogaparibhoga-anarthadaṇḍavirati-sāmāyika-deśāvakäsika
pauṣadhopavasa-yathāsaṁvibhāgāḥ śikṣāvratam.
eşu śeşacatuşkam eva bhūyo'bhyāsātmakatvāt sikṣāvratam. adyatrayañ ca aṇuvratānāṁ guņavardhakatvad guṇavratam-kvacid ity api vyavasthā.
(Aph.) Spatial limitation, abandonment and limitation of articles of food, drink, etc., and categories of professions, avoidance of any purposeless act of violence, abstinence from all sinful activities for a fixed intended period (say, one muhurta), further curtailment of distance (undertaken by the first guṇavrata) for a limited time, observance of upavāsa on sacred days, and parting with food and the like by offering them to monastic order-these constitute the supplementary vows. (XXIV)
(Gloss) Among these, the last four are called practical vows because they are to be practised repeatedly. The first three are called qualifying vows, because they are calculated to promote the excellence of the smaller vows. This division is made in some treatises.
(Note) The aṇuvratas are more or less general principles which are to be supplemented by the sikṣāvratas. These sikṣāvratas are also called sila and sikṣāpadas. The śīlas strengthen the aṇuvratas. The gunavratas are cultivated for promoting the efficacy of the anuvratas and are to be practised for the whole life like the anuvratas. Of the four sikşāvratas, the two viz. sāmāyika and deśavakäsika are to be observed daily, while pausadhopavāsa and yathāsaṁvibhāga are observed occasionally, the former on the sacred days and the latter when opportunities present themselves.
By practising the first supplementary vow, viz. digvrata, the śrāvaka imposes upon himself the limitation of movement in space, thus reducing the scope of plausible violence.
Similarly, by means of the second supplementary vow, viz. upabhoga-paribhoga vrata, limitation is imposed on upabhoga such as consumption of food, drink etc. and paribhoga such as semi-permanent articles like clothes, ornament, vehicles etc. In this sikşāvrata, the articles and activities that involve injury to life on a large scale are completely discarded, and those which entail insignificant injury to life are delimited. Sinful professions (karmādāna) which are fifteen in number are to be totally discarded by the observer of this sikṣāvrata.
In the third supplementary vow, the śrävaka desists from all kinds of purposeless acts of violence. Indulgence in an act that is not conducive to any of the ends of