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Pratikraman for major (Shabal) faults: The faults that are to be totally avoided by a monk are called shabal faults. Such faults malign the character of the monk. Their description is as under:
1. To molest, 2. to have sex, 3. to take meals at night, 4. to accept food prepared for that monk, 5. to accept heavy diet prepared for rulers, 6. to accept food prepared for other monk, purchased for the monk, prepared from material taken on credit, snatched from a weak person or the food brought to the place of stay and then offered, 7. To break the accepted restraint again and again, 8. to change the order within six months, 9. to cross the river thrice in a month, 10. to commit deceitful act three time in a month, 11. to accept food from the house of the person where the monk is staying, 12. to commit violence knowingly, 13. to tell lie knowingly, 14. to commit theft knowingly, 15. to sit on live earth intentionally, 16. to sit on a plant knowing well that it contains living being or to meditate at such a place, 17. to consume flowers, seeds and underground vegetables intentionally, 18. to cross a river ten times in a year, 19. to commit deceitful acts ten times in a year, 20. to accept food knowing well that it is being offered with hands, spoon or bowl containing line water, 21. To intentionally sit or meditate at a place where there is live earth, live water, green vegetables, moles of ants, moss or web of the spider.
With the above-said twenty one mistakes, the self-restraint of a monk is damaged. A monk should not even think in his mind about incurring such errors. In order to remain vigilant about such serious faults, he makes self-analysis and repentance for them.
Repentance about troubles: The troubles arising during spiritual practice are called Parisheh. The only aim of a Jain monk is to go ahead on the path leading to salvation. By nature, the mind of a man wants happiness. Attraction for worldly happiness is the greatest hurdle in the path of salvation. On this path one has to bear all the troubles calmly. The troubles arising in the spiritual path have been grouped into 22 classes. The said twenty two troubles are as under:
1. hunger, 2. thirst, 3. cold, 4. heat, 5. mosquito-bite, 6. clothless, 7. sadness in life of self-restraint due to troubles, 8. women, 9. movement, 10. troubles arising in place of study, 11. lack of proper place of strain, 12. mental dejection due to angry conduct of them, 13. thrashing given to the monk by person of wrong perception, sometimes even killing by them, 14. seeking alms, 15. not getting desired article, 16. illness, 17. dryness of bed of shared, 18. sticking of dust perspiration on आवश्यक सूत्र
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IVth Chp.: Pratikraman
