Book Title: Aatmanushasan
Author(s): Vijay K Jain
Publisher: Vikalp Printers

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________________ Ātmānuśāsana 3) pride of lineage (kula mada), 4) pride of caste (jāti mada), 5) pride of strength (bala mada), 6) pride of accomplishments (rddhi mada), 7) pride of austerities (tapa mada), 8) pride of beauty (śarīra mada). Beside these nineteen imperfections - three kinds of follies (mūdḍhatā), absence of eight limbs (aṣṭānga), and eight kinds of pride (mada) - the person with right faith (samyagdarśana) must shed adoration of the following six denigrating-abodes - anayatana - that vitiate faith (see Asadhara's Dharmamṛta Anagara, verse 84, p. 174): 1) wrong belief (mithyādarśana), 2) wrong knowledge (mithyājñāna), 3) wrong conduct (mithyācāritra), 4) possessor of wrong belief (mithyadṛṣṭi), 5) possessor of wrong knowledge (mithyājñānī), 6) possessor of wrong conduct (mithyācāritrī). आत्मानुशासन The six anayatana have also been defined in the Scripture as 1) false preacher (kuguru), 2) false deity (kudeva), 3) false doctrine (kudharma), and 4-6) adoration of the above three. 14 The qualities which further enrich right faith (samyagdarśana) are*: 1. samvega: perpetual fear of the cycle of existence, or fond affection (anuraga) for the real dharma; * see Pt. Asadhara's Dharmamṛta Anagara, p. 189-190. 2. nirveda or vairāgya: detachment from the world, the body and the objects of enjoyment; 3. ninda: expiation for the faults committed; 4. garha: confession, in front of the master ascetic, of the faults committed;

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