Agam 24 Chhed 01 Nishith Sutra Part 01 Sthanakvasi

Author(s): Amarmuni, Kanhaiyalal Maharaj
Publisher: Amar Publications

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If a saint lacks maturity and proper guidarice his mistakes as a monk may be of serious nature and magnitude. They would go on committing mistakes, although inadvertently ; it is even feared that they would commit thefts also. Sometimes it is a boon to the saint to be away from community life in order to study scriptures, because difficult treatises require repeated study in order to imbibe the true spirit of the works. This is true only so far as the junior saints are concerned. But a guru must have a companion on a tour. No one is left alone after initiation. Two monks never leave each other ; for, it is not easy to sia in twos as alone.
There are certain cases of such saints who preferred to be away from gana and yet they could scrupulously follow the monastic disciplinary rules. They are divided into three categories : (i) jinakalpika (jinakappiya), (ii) the parihāraviśuddhika or parihāriya, (iii) yathālanda-(pratimā) kalpika (ahāiandiya).
According to Jinakalpa or the rule of the Jina, the saint goes about alone, nakes, carrying no belongings, facing icc!e nencies of the weather, strictly adhering to the dogmas inculcated by Mahāyira after his enlightenment.
The niggantha is expected to live in solitude ; superficially understood one will conclude that it is in direct contradiction with the rules laid down for the Monks during later times.
'The observance called Yathālanda-pratimā is out of date that pravacanasāra is non-committal in detailed descriptions. Their stay in a particular place, say in a village, may be restricted. Their status is midway between Jinakappiya and therakappiya. Generally they live in five
Few of the ahalandiyas need a preceptor to learn the basic scriptures to acquire correct knowledge of monastic life and knowledge of Jainism. They are attached to a gana ie. they do not subscribe themselves to the Jinakalpa exclusively. They have their own ways of begging, staying in a particular place and to a particular period of time ; hence they are not jinakalpikas.