Jainism Key to Reality

SR No.: 007600
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Shuganchand Jain
Publisher: Digambar Jain Trilok Shodh Sansthan
Publication Year: 2011
Total Pages: 416
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 19 MB

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Q.VII.18.12
What is the difference between enjoyment of pleasure desiring sting and desire bondage? Hankering about the possibility of enjoyment in future desires sting; and the desire to have a pleasurable ambience is desire bondage.
A.VII.18.12
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vxk; uxkj'p VII.19 Ag ryanag ra ca
VFk% Meaning:
ml orh ds ‘vxkjh? vkg 'vuxkjh' &;s nks Hko ga The 'householder and the homeless ascetic' are the two kinds of votaries.
Q.VII.19.1 A.VII.19.1
What is meant by householder / laity (ag r) or votary with a home? Those who have not given up the home are called householder votary or votary with homes.
Q. VII.19.2 A.VII.19.2
What is meant by homeless (anag r ) or votary without a home? Those who have given up the home are called ascetics or votary without homes.
Q.VII.19.3
A. VII.19.3
A householder does not observe vows completely. Why he then is called a votary also? Like a person who lives in a small part of a city is called a city dweller; similarly a person who observes vows even in a small manner is called a votary.
Q.VII.19.4 A.VII.19.4
Can we call a person who observes only one of the vows as a votary? No, as a votary is one who practises all the five vows partially or completely.
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V.kprks xkjh VII.20
Anuvratoag r
VFk% Meaning: Q.VII.20.1 A. VII.20.1
v.korka dk /kkjh ‘vxkjhgA One who observes the partial vows is a householder. What is meant by minor vow (anuvrata)? Anu means small or partial. Therefore minor vows mean small or partial vows.
Q.VII.20.2 A.VII.20.2
Why the vows of a householder are called minor vows? As the vows observed by a householder lack complete abstinence from sins, therefore they are called minor vows.
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