Jaina Community a Social Survey

SR No.: 007019
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Vilas Sangve
Publisher: Popular Book Depot Bombay
Publication Year: 1980
Total Pages: 484
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 12 MB

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Jaina Community-A Social Survey
(i) The Tryā Samiti aims at regulation of walking, so as
not to injure any living being. (ii) The Bhasha Samiti regulates the mode of speech with
a view to avoid the hurting of others' feelings by use
of offensive words. (iii) The Eshana Samiti regulates seeking or eating food
so as not to cause any injury to any living being. (iv) The Ādāna-Nikshepa Samiti regulates the actions of
taking or using, and of putting away, anything whatso
ever. v The Utsarga Samiti regulates the movements connected
with the answering of call of nature etc.; All the five Samitis, though they can be strictly observed only by ascetics, are of some influence also in the daily life of Śrāvakas or laymen. A devoted layman will, for example, avoid treading on growing plants, he will never leave a vessel filled with a liquid substance uncovered, nor will he ever use an open light, lest insects might rush into it and be killed.
Both the three Guptis and five Samitis are sometimes grouped together under the name of " Ashta-Pravachana-Mātā”, that is, “The Eight Mothers of the Creed ”, on account of their fundamental character.34
(c) The Ten observances or Dašalakshana Dharma are : (i) Uttama- Kshamā, i. e., Supreme forgiveness, (ii) Uttama-Mārdava, i. e., Supreme tenderness, (iii) Uttama-Ārjava, i. e., Supreme straight-forwardness or
honesty. (iv) Uttama-Gaucha, i. e., Supreme contentment or purity, (v) Uttama-Satya, i. e., Supreme truth, (vi) Uttama-Samyama, i. e., Supreme self-restraint, (vii) Uttama-Tapa, i. e., Supreme austerities, (viii) Uttama-Tyāga, i. e., Supreme renunciation,
(ix) Uttama-Akiñchanya, i. e., Supreme, non-attachment . .or not taking the non-self for one's own self, and
(x) Uttama-Brahmacharya, i. e., Supreme chastity.35 • (d) The twelve Anuprekshās or meditations or reflections should be mediated upon again and again. They are :