Jain Journal 1971 04

SR No.: 520022
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publisher: Jain Bhawan Publication
Publication Year: 1971
Total Pages: 96
Language: English
Classification: Magazine, India_Jain Journal, & India
File Size: 4 MB

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order nor approve of others doing. Bhante ! My Master ! Desist I from chastisement commited in the past ; I decry, I denounce. Dedicate I my soul.
Bhante ! My Master ! In the first Great Vow desists one from causing hurt to living beings with full knowledge and devotion.
Bhante ! My Master ! Desist I from all kinds of hurt caused to living beings be they minute or large, mobile or without movement whoever may be living shall I not myself hurt nor order others to do so nor approve any so doing and that for good-by three instruments and modes three-by Mind, Word and Deed I shall not do nor order nor approve. Bhante! My Master ! I desist from hurt inflicted in the past ; I decry, I denounce. Dedicate I my soul.
Bhante ! My Master ! Restrained am I from hurt to living beings as in the first Great Vow ordained.
Bhante ! My Master ! After this, in the second Great Vow desists one from uttering falsehood.
Bhante ! My Master ! Desist I from all false utterances by passion or greed, in fear or joke shall I not myself utter a lie nor cause others to do so nor approve of indulging in falsehood and that for good—by three instruments and modes three—by Mind, Word and Deed I shall not do nor order nor approve of others doing. Bhante! My Master ! I desist from falsehood uttered in the past ; I decry, I denounce. Dedicate I my soul.
Bhante ! My Master ! Restrained am I from falsehood as in the second Great Vow ordained.
Bhante ! My Master ! After this, in the third Great Vow desists one from accquiring a thing not wilfully bestowed.
Bhante ! My Master ! Desist I from all kinds of unbestowed accquisition in forest, town or in countryside, small or large, quantity or value, minute or voluminous shall I not myself accept nor order nor approve acceptance of objects unbestowed and that for good-by three instruments and modes three—by Mind, Word and Deed—I shall not take nor order nor approve of others taking. Bhante ! My Master ! I sist from unbestowed gifts of the past; I decry, I denounce. Dedicate I my soul.