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(29) What is the use of residing in the preceptor's entourage for him who does not have a sense of devotion, respect, reverence, regard and affection and feels no awe of his preceptor.
(30-31) May the lotus like Sangha prosper which keeps itself aloof from the Karmic-dirt just as a lotus keeps itself away from the mud and water. The Sangha is a lotus whose long stalk is scriptures, the panicalp is the five great vows the filoments are the other virtues and petais are the munis (monks) As the black bees move around the lotus similarly the house-holders frequent the Sangha. As the lotus blossoms on account of the sunrays, similarly the Sangha grows on account of the precepts of Jina
4. PRECEPTS ON SCRIPTURAL EXPOSITION
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(32) To one, who does not ascertain the meaning (of a word) by Pramāṇa, Naya and Nikṣepa, appears what is proper to be improper and what is improper to be proper.
(33) Knowledge is pramāņa naya is view-point of the knower, the way of knowing is called Niksepa i e. reasoning to understand the proper meaning of the text.
(34) The real point of view (Niścaya-naya) and the empirical point of view (vyavahāra-naya) are the two fundamental types of view-points (nayas). The dravyārthika naya (substantial point of view) and the paryāyārthika-naya or the modal point of view are the two means for comprehending the real nature of a thing.
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