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an ascetic or a layman. I shall take up the latter first. A man is not a Shravaka ( a Jain A Shravaka laynan ) if he only knows and beli
defined eves rightly and does not yet begin living by that belief or knowledge, which alone entitles him to that position. A Shravaka is also called a Desh Vriti i. e. one who observes the vows { rules of conduct ] only par. tially. He has eleven stages through which he is to rise up.
The first is the Darshan Stage. Here a man The Dars must have his faith free from the five shan Stage and twenty faults and must be free from the seven vices, namely, ( 1 ) Gambling (2) Flesh-eating ( 3 ) Drinking ( 4 ) Debauchery ( 5 ) Hunting ( 6 ) Theft and ( 7 ) Defiling other icen's wives.
The second is the Vrita Stage. Here the The Vrita five Anu, the three Gun and the four
Stage Shiksha Vritas or vows have to be observed, without any defects. The first Anu Vrita consists of abandoning in intention kill
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