Religious Quest of India

SR No.: 011031
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: J N Farquhar, Griswold
Publisher: J N Farquhar Griswold
Total Pages: 365
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 25 MB

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CONTENTS
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PAGE good behaviour (Samiti)--Control of mind, speech and body (Gupti)-Twenty-two ways of enduring hardship (Parīşaha) Ten duties of Ascetics-Five Rules of Conduct (Caritra) - Twelve important Reflections (Bhāvanā).
vii. BONDAGE to Karma (161): Four kinds.
viii. DESTRUCTION of Karma (163): Six Exterior Austerities-Six Interior Austerities. ix. MOKȘA (169) : the Siddha--Final Bliss.
CHAPTER VIII KARMA AND THE PATH TO LIBERATION . . . 173
Four Sources of Karma--Nine ways of arresting KarmaEight kinds of Karma--their arrangement--Ghātin and Aghātin -Three tenses of Karma-Fourteen teps to Liberation.
CHAPTER IX THE LIFE STORY OF A JAINA . . . . . . 193
Babyhood and birth-ceremonies-Betrothal and marriage ceremonies—The first child--Death and funeral ceremonies.
CHAPTER X THE JAINA LAYMAN AND HIS RELIGIOUS LIFE. 205
The Twelve Lay Vows: Five Anuvrata (against killing, falsehood, dishonesty, unchastity and covctousness) - Three Strengthening Vows (limiting travel and use of possessions and guarding against abuses)-Four Vows of Religious Observances— How the vows are taken -Santhāro (Religious suicide)-The eleven Pratimī—The perfect gentleman.
CHAPTER XI THE JAINA ASCETIC . . . . . . . . 225
Initiation-Daily duties—Begging-Confession-LeisureStudy-Nuns—Goraji-The Five Great Vows : (Non-killing - Truth-Honesty-Chastity-Detachment)-No meals after sundown-The ideal monk.
CHAPTER XII THE END OF THE ROAD . . . . . . . 239
The Five Great Ones : (Sadhu-Upādhyāya—Ācārya-Tīrthankara--Siddha)—Rules by which even non-Jaina may reach Mokşa—The Three Jewels --The Three Evil Darts.