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Jainism in a Global Perspective
combination of negation as well as affirmation with appropriate "Don'ts" and "Do's" is implemented as described below.
One has to make a firm resolve to eradicate anger, greed, arrogance, deceit, passion, envy, slander, and so forth with a concurrent effort to develop such virtues as forgiveness, contentment, straight forwardness, dispasssion, patience etc. Oneof the easier ways to developsuch affirmative virtues is to undertake an intensive practice of each virtue in turn for a specific period of time and to maintain a regular record of one's day to day activities in the form of aspiritual diary. Such record will reflect immediately any flaws which may creep in the aspirant's life and are remedied accordingly.
Depending upon the age, stage, inclination and enthusiasm of the aspirant, an exhaustive, scientific and subtle programme of advanced virtue promotion and virtue imbibation in its appropriate, logical and chronological order has been described in the Jaina ethical code as follows
i. Renouncing the seven major addictions like gambling, hunting,
stealing and so forth, has been enjoined in Samayasăra Nataka, 12/26 as follows":
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iii.
jūvā āmiş madirā dāri ākhetaka cori paranāri / ei sāta vyasana duḥkhadāi duratimāla duragati ke jāi// Acquiring eight basic requisites in the form of Müla Gunas encompassing practice of small vows and a vegetarian way of life's. Thirty five virtues of the follower of the righteous path such as honestly earned wealth, eulogy for the virtuous etc. should be adopted by the aspirant'. The twelve partial household vows to consoliuale and protect the virtues mentioned above with a view to have a good control over the eighteen sinful activities and wantonness of the senses and the mind"), are recommended in Ratnakaranda Śrāvakācāra" as follows:
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gļhiņāṁ tredhā tişthatyanu-guna śikṣāvrtātmakaṁ caranam/ pasca-tri - caturbhedaṁ trayam yathāsamkhymākhyātam //
-- Ratankaranda Śrāvakacāra 3/5. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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