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nes and practices of wrong believers as they may be easy of accomplishment, but they eventually result in harmful consequences.
3. Viczkitsä :-uncertainty about the acquisition of the good results of meritorious deeds, such as virtuous conduct, self-control, penance etc.
4. Para-pākhanga-prasamsā. Praise of heretics. 5. Mithyāmatr Samsarga-Association with wrong believers.
Śramaņa Bhagavana Mahavira, then, explained the aticāras (transgressions of all the vows of a house-holder to him. Ananda Srāvak, then, bowed down low at the feet of the Venerable Lord and requested him to give him the undermentioned minor vow.
I shall, henceforth, try to provide Norgrantha Śramaņas (possessionless ascetics) with pure faultless food and drink-materials, fruits, perfumes to scent the breath, clothes, woollen shawls, wooden utensils, woollen chowries, wooden back-rests, wooden couches, beddings, dwellings etc. Having asked a few questions to śramana Bhagavāna Mahävira and having received their satisfactory explanations, Ananda Śrávaka went home. There, he told his wife. O Beloved of the gods ! I went to śramaņa Bhagavāna Mahavira and heard his preaching. I liked it and was greatly delighted with it. You also go to him and having done homage to him, request him to give you the vows of a householder.-On hearing these words, Sivananda became greatly delighted and contented, and she hurriedly went to Bhagavāna. She heard the preaching of the Venerable Lord, and she took all the yows of a house - holder suitable for a female,
Becoming perfectly sanctified by the constant practice of all the vows, Ānanda Srāvaka thus passed fourteen years During the middle of the fifteenth year, an idea came into his mind “Many persons of the town came to me for advice, and I am repeatedly consulted by them. Besides I am the main prop of my family. On account of these distractions, I am unable to act faithfully in strict accordance with the religious precepts promul
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |