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13. Besides these penances, Mahabal also repeatedly indulged in the twenty auspicious practices that are the basis of acquiring the Tirthankar-naam-gotra-karma, or the karma that leads one to the lofty status of a Tirthankar in the birth after the next one. These practices are termed as Bees Sthanak and are
1. Arihant (worship of the Tirthankar), 2. Siddha (worship of the liberated soul), 3. Pravachan (faith in the discourse), 4. Guru (worship of the teacher), 5. Sthavir (worship of the senior ascetic), 6. Bahushrut (worship of the scholar), 7. Tapasvi (worship of those who indulge in penance), 8. Satat Jnanopayog (continued application of knowledge for maximum possible time), 9. Darshan Vishuddhi (purity of perception), 10. Vinay (to praise the virtues of others and be happy at the progress of others), 11. Shadavashyak (to practice the six essentials in the prescribed way at the prescribed time), 12. Niratichar Vrat Sadhana (to observe all the vows and codes of conduct with ever increasing indulgence), 13. Virakti (to develop and practice apathy for attachment, fondness, conceit, and greed), 14. Tapa (to practice penance with all intensity), 15. Supatra Daan (to give charity to the deserving), 16. Vaiyavritya (to look after and take care of the detached), 17. Samadhi (to give due importance and respect to the four pronged religious organization), 18. Apurva-Jnana-Grahan (to enhance knowledge regularly), 19. Shrut Bhakti (to have faith on the sermons of the detached or the canons), and 20. Pravachan Prabhavana (propagation of the sermon of the Tirthankar and the discipline of the order).
महाबल आदि की तपस्या
सूत्र १४. तए णं ते महब्बलपामोक्खा सत्त अणगारा मासिअं भिक्खपडिम उपसंपज्जित्ता णं विहरंति, जाव एगराइअं भिक्खुपडिमं उपसंपज्जित्ता णं विहरंति।
सूत्र १४. इसके बाद वे सातों अनगार एक माह की पहली भिक्षु प्रतिमा का पालन करने लगे। फिर उन्होंने क्रमशः बारहवीं भिक्षु प्रतिमा तक का पालन किया। PENANCES OF MAHABAL AND FRIENDS
14. After this all these seven ascetics observed a specific penance known as the first Bhikshu Pratima for one month. They continued
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