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________________ 35. Sutra Meaning: Bowing to the Omniscient pathfinders (tirthankaras) and liberated souls (siddhas), the leaders of the monastic congregation (dharmacharya), and all the monks (sadhus), I wish to confess for all the wrong doings I may have committed while following layman's vows. 1 I wish to confess, scorn and reproach for whatever slight or major wrong-doing I may have committed, in respect to ethical behavior related to right knowledge (inana), right faith (darshana), right conduct (charitra) and the other two, austerity (tapa) and energy (virya). 2 I want to repent for the wrong-doing I may have committed in regard to acquiring two types of possessiveness, external (wealth, live stock, land etc) and internal (passions, etc.) as well as any day-to-day harmful activities, either done by me or my approval of such activities done by others. . . .. .... 3 ...4 I scorn and reproach all the wrong doing I may have committed as a result of activities by my sense organs (indriya), or by the four kinds of passions (kashaya), and by attachment and aversion. I want to confess for all wrongdoings I may have committed during the day while coming, going, standing, moving about, and for any sinful activities I may have performed under pressure from any one or due to bondage... ................ 5 I want to confess for any wrongdoing of right faith that I may have committed during the day, through doubt, desire, dislike, praise and acquaintance with believers in false doctrines. 6 I criticize myself for the harm I may have caused to the six categories of living beings while cooking, making someone else to cook or approving someone else cooking, for myself, for others or for both. (Explanation: cooking is just one example. The reprehension or fault is for any activity where there is desire to kill, or actual harm or killing of any living beings). 7 I want to confess (pratikramana) for whatever violations I may have committed during the day in respect to the five minor vows (anu vrata), the three spiritual vows of merit (guna vrata) and the four spiritual vows of discipline (shiksha vrata). .............. With regards to the first minor vow of non-violence, I want to confess for whatever violations | may have committed during the day due to my careless (pramada) or inappropriate behavior towards any living being, such as beating, binding (tying), mutilating, overloading or starving others..... ............. 9, 10 With regards to the second minor vow of truthfulness, I want to atone for whatever violations ! may have committed during the day due to careless or disapproving behavior, such as falsely accusing, disclosing close secrets of a trusting person, betrayal by divulging spousal secrets, preaching of wrong doctrines or forging of documents....... 11, 12 With regards to the third minor vow of non-stealing, I want to confess for whatever violations | may have committed during the day due to careless or disapproving behavior, such as buying stolen goods, helping a thief in burglary, adulterating and selling, smuggling and selling contrabands or falsifying weights and measures. ............... 13, 14 With regards the fourth minor vow of celibacy, I want to confess for whatever adultery I may have committed during the day, due to careless or disapproving behavior, such as illicit sexual relations with unmarried girls or other women, arranging marriage for strangers or having intense sensual desires. ............... 15, 16 With regards to the fifth minor vow of non-possession, I want to confess for whatever violations | may have committed during the day due to careless or disapproving behavior, such as excessive accumulation of wealth and grains, farm and real estate property, silver, gold and other precious metals, or two legged and four legged living beings .......... 17, 18 With regards to voluntary confinement of directions (dig vrata) the first spiritual vow of selfdiscipline (guna vrata), I want to criticize myself for whatever violations I may have committed by
| SR No. | 300350 |
| Book Title | 35 Vandittu Sutra |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Purvacharya |
| Publisher | ZZZ Unknown |
| Publication Year | |
| Total Pages | 1 |
| Language | Gujarati |
| Classification | Audio_File, Ritual_text, & Sutra_Svetambar |
| File Size | 6 MB |