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The partially detached shravaks (lay Jains) are partly asleep and partly awakened. Those who have right perception, who are ever alert, and dwell in the spiritual world are awakened.
The awakened are also of two types--those who are not asleep are physical awake and those who are perfectly disciplined and sagacious are mentally awake.
Those who while sleeping, following the tenets in scriptures for the purpose of maintaining the body that is the instrument of ascetic discipline, are spiritually awake, do not commit any prohibited deed. They are awake from the religious or spiritual viewpoint. This means that these two states of physical and mental slumber have been defined in context of religion or spirituality.
In Bhagavati Sutra there is a mention of a discussion on this subject between Bhagavan Mahavir and Jayanti Shravika. She asks, “Bhante, who are better, the sleeping or the awakened ?"
Bhagavan replied in his anekanta (non-absolute or relative) style, "The awakened state of a religious person is good and so is the state of slumber of a sinner."
(Bhagavati 12/2) Here the reference is to physical and not mental slumber.
The word samaya has many meanings. Earlier it was used in the sense of principle. Here it is used in the sense of discipline as well as equanimity. In context of ahimsa equanimity means to consider all beings same as one self or the feeling of universal equality. In context of non-possession or detachment equanimity means to be neutral in profit and loss.
The term weapon has been discussed in detail in the first chapter. अरति-रति-त्याग
१०८. जस्सिमे सद्दा य रूवा य गंधा य रसा य फासा य अभिसमण्णागया भवंति से आयवं नाणवं वेयवं धम्मवं बंभव। ___ पण्णाणेहिं परिजाणइ लोयं मुणी ति वुच्चे धम्मविउ त्ति अंजू।
आवट्टसोए संगमभिजाणइ। आचारांग सूत्र
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