Samkit Faith Practice Liberation

SR No.: 007764
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Amit B Bhansali
Publisher: Amit B Bhansali
Publication Year: 2015
Total Pages: 447
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 7 MB

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2. Prabhaavaka - He disseminates the teachings of the Jinaas. He organises various programs and functions to promote the cause of Jainism. He tries his best to firmly establish Jainism. He is constantly trying to help Jains and works towards the upliftment of the entire Jain community. Prabhaavanaa is the effort to bring glory to the Jain faith and its community of followers.
3. Vaiyaavachi - He is delighted to help the entire Jain community and to serve its cause to the best of his ability
Some Aachaaryas hold that vaiyaavritya means going physically to each place where the 24 Jinaas experienced the most important stages of their lives and serving that centre of pilgrimage.
Others hold that vaiyaavritya means serving the ascetics (sadhu, saadhviji). And helping all co-religionists.
Primarily though, the term vaiyaavritya is understood as serving the ascetics.
4. Sthirataadaayii - He is glad to help steady the faith of others. He does so skilfully and in a manner that is free from boorishness and hubris. One who has attained samyaktva is not perturbed or swayed from his path despite being tested by hellish beings, celestial beings, humans and animals. Not only that, he deftly ensures that others around him also remain firm in their samyaktva.
He remains unperturbed and unaffected by the worship of other gods and other religions. He remains unswayed by the pomp and show of other religions. When faced with the visual appeal and grandeur of other faiths, he contemplates that only through samyaktva can the ultimate goal of liberation be realised. He thus remains firm in his samyaktva.
“Chaaritryaane bhagne’pi gunamaanikyapuurite. Tarantyeva mahaambhodhau samyaktvaphalakagrahaat.”
Samyagdharshana; (Page 479, Author: Ashokmuni, Publisher: Diwaakarjyoti Karyaalaya, Byaawar (Rajasthan), year 1981)
Even after a ship sinks, the traveller can cross the ocean by taking shelter on a wooden plank of the ship. Similarly, even when a person is unable to follow the proper conduct of a Jain monk owing to various reasons, if he manages to retain his samyaktva, he will be able to cross the ocean of transmigration
5. Dhairyavaan - He accomplishes tasks that help the entire Jain community very efficiently and patiently.
Thus, one who has samyaktva can add to the grandeur of his faith by imbibing these five ornaments. One who is endowed with these five ornaments adds immensely to the lasting glory of the Jain faith.
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