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detachment is total absence of attachment ; 'unconcern' is the absence of affection.
166. Sthaviras are the senior monks, of whom three types are distinguished as follows : senior in age, i. e., about 60 years old, senior in the knowledge of the scriptures and senior in initiation, i. e., those who have spent about 20 years in the holy order.
167. The reply of the elderly monks, viz., that sämāyika, mini-vows, restraint, control of senses and of mind, conscience, vyutsarga and their import are the soul, is given from the stand-point of niścaya naya. From the standpoint of vyavahāra naya, the items may be interpreted as follows :
Sāmāyika-equanimity ; concentrating on things
spiritual for 48 minutes. Its import-checking influx and exhausting past
karma. Pratyakhyāna—mini-vows practised daily.
Its import-checking fetters to the soul. Samyama--restraint towards all living beings.
Its import--to be free from fetters to the soul. Samvara-full control of organs of senses and mind.
its import-checking their inclination. Viveka—knowledge of what is fit to be discarded and
fit to be accepted. Its import-to discard the unworthy, and to
accept the worthy. Vyutsarga-same as käyctsarga, or restraining physi
cal movement Its import—to be free from all movement and attachments.
168. The four great vows at the time of Pārsva were : desisting from injury or slaughter, desisting from untruth, desisting from usurpation or improper acceptance, and desisting from what was called b thiddhādāna which covered two items, viz., desisting from possession and desisting from sex. When these two items were separated and made distinct by Mahāvīra, the four vows became five. The emphasis on desisting from sex beha
