________________ Pancastikaya-samgraha This 'Pancastikaya-samgraha' has been composed for the benefit of the disciples (sisya) who are keen to know the Reality. The ascetic (sadhu, sramana, muni) is a disciple (sisya) when he is in the process of acquiring knowledge through learning. For the benefit of the worthy disciples (sisya), Acarya Jayasena, the commentator, has outlined six stages in the life of the ascetic (sadhu, sramana, muni): 1. Stachlat - dikna-kala - The time when a potential soul (jiva) whose worldly-existence (samsara) is nearing end goes to a worthy Preceptor (Acarya) endowed with the real (niscaya) as well as the empirical (vyavahara) 'Three Jewels' (ratnatraya), and adopts the Jaina-ordination (inadiksa) by discarding all possessions, external and internal. This is the 'diksa-kala'. 2. fechIct - siksa-kala - After the ordination, the disciple studies the nature of the real (niscaya) and the empirical (vyavahara) "Three Jewels' (ratnatraya) through the Scripture; this period is the 'siksa-kala'. 3. TUTQUICHI -ganaposana-kala - After the 'siksa-kala', the ascetic, established in the real (niscaya) and the empirical (vyavahara) 'Three Jewels' (ratnatraya), gives discourses to other potential souls on the pure-soul-substance. This is the 'ganaposana-kala'. 4. 314Hitchchim - atmasamskara-kala - After the 'ganaposana kala', the ascetic discards his congregation and gets established in the pure-soul-substance; he remains immersed in own-soul. This is the 'atmasanskara-kala'. 5. Home-ichi - sallekhana-kala - The ascetic gradually weakens his passions (kasaya); this is bhava-sellekhana. He also gradually emaciates his body; this is dravya-sellekhana. The time involved in both these is the 'sallekhana-kala'. 6. 3T4Tefchlet - uttamartha-kala - At the end of the 'sallekhana kala'the ascetic completes his time by engaging in true ............ 330
