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NIRJARA OR DISSIPATION.
in services rendered to ascetics; feeding the poor, sheltering the helpless and the like forms of social services. In these days of flood and famine, the sådhus of the Ramakrishna Mission have been, it is important to record, seriously engaging themselves in the performance of this Vaiyavritya. Viyavritya brings on chitta-suddhi or purification of the
heart. (4) Svadhyâyam-means study: here it re
fers to the study Jain scriptures : following the rules of conduct as laid down therein for practical guidance ; testing the truth and validity of the Jain metaphysical conclusions and being convinced of the same, preach them out to the world for the good of humanity in right earnest and energy. This clearly shows the evangelical
spirit of Jainism. (5) Vyutsarga- descrimination between
the soul and the non-soul. It is
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