Unknown Pilgrims

SR No.: 007014
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: N Shanta
Publisher: Sri Satguru Publications Delhi
Publication Year: 1997
Total Pages: 820
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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The Unknown Pilgrims
impure food may have been accepted. Immediately the ascetic realises the fact, the food must be taken back.
5. Vyutsarga or Kāyotsarga.
6. Tapas: one form or another of external mortification.
7. Cheda: the reduction, in accordance with the gravity of the fault committed, of the length of ascetic life counted to the ascetic from the moment of dikṣā; for example, a sadhvi who has been initiated six years can have this period reduced by one year and be deemed to have a seniority of only five years.
8. Upasthapana: a new consecration; after a serious offence the dikṣā is invalidated and the ascetic may be consecrated afresh.37
ii) Vinaya: the attitude of veneration with regard to jñāna, darśana, and caritra and of humble and respectful deference towards the ācārya, the guruni, one's seniors, both men and women.3
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iii) Vaiyavṛtya: the sense of duty and spirit of service in regard to the ācārya, the guruni, and other members of the group, particularly the aged sădhvis.
iv) Svādhyāya: personal study of the Agamas. This is of extreme importance and in the course of it one must take the following aspects into account.
1. Vācană: the study of the meaning of words, singly and in their context.
37 For the prayaścittas, cf. ADh VII, 34-59; MA V, 164-166; SthS 733e; TS IX, 22; US XXX, 31 and P 506 ff.
38 Cf. DS IX where this last point is developed at length. Cf. for ii and iii: ADH VII, 60-81; MA V, 167-195; SthS 397a, b; TS IX, 23-24; US XXX, 3233.