________________ Devapuja (Prayer to Tirthankars) Gurupasti (Devotion and service to Gurus) Swadhyay (Study of Scriptures) Sanyam (Self restraint) Tapa (Penance) Dana (Imparting Knowledge and Protection of Life) 6 Other Attributes Kesha-lochan (Plucking of own hair) Asnana (No bathing) Bhumi Shayan (Sleeping on the floor) Adanta-dhovan (No brushing of teeth) Uttisthan-ahar Sevan (Eating food in standing posture) Ekabhukti (Eating one meal a day only) Some schools maintain monks (not nuns) wearing no clothes, as an attribute in this section. According to them monks have twenty-eight attributes instead of twenty-seven. The Jain ascetics possess the above attributes. Their activities are directed towards the upliftment of their souls to the state of liberation. Pravin K Shah Jaina Education Committee jainaedu@gmail.com www.jainelibrary.org 919-859-4994
