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the body, 19. respectful beahaviour or worship through thelaymen, 20. wisdom, 21. ignorance of spiritual knowledge, 22. disturbance in faith.
Repentance concerning seven chapters of second book of Sutra Kritang: There are two books of Sutra kritang. Sixteen chapters are in the first book and seven in the second book. The titles of 16 chapters of the first book have been mentioned in 'Gatha Shodshak Pratikraman'. The titles of seven chapters of the second book ar as under:
1. Lotus, 2. on activity, 3. knowledge of food, 4. renunciation of activity, 5. freedom from error, 6. Aardrak, 7. Nalandiya.
In the 16 chapters of the first book and seven of the second book, the conduct of the monk has been narrated. In case monk does not conduct himself accordingly or interprets the scriptures in different way, he commits fault. In order to remove these faults he resorts to pratikraman.
Pratikraman regarding celestial beings: There are 24 classes of celestial beings namely ten types of residential (Bhavanpati) celestial beings, 8 types of peripatetic gods, five classes of stellar gods and heavenly beings. The celestial beings possess unlimited worldly wealth. In case the spiritual practitioner has a lurking desire of such wordly wealth or feels jealous of them—in both the states, be accumulate karma. He should be in-different towards heavenly pleasures. In case any feeling of attachment or hatred arises in him, he should purify his soul through self-analysis and repentance (Pratikraman).
At some places instead of 24 gods, 24 tirthankars have been considered. In that case the repentance is done in respect of any disrespect shown towards 24 tirthankars namely Rishabh to Lord Mahaveer.
Meditation (Bhavana) Pratikraman: A monk practices five major vows. They are: 1. non-violence, 2. truth, 3. non-stealing, 4. chastity, 5. non-attachments to possessions. For the purity and security of the said five vows, there are 25 meditations and they are to be practiced meticulously. The nature of 25 meditations is as under.
Five meditation of major vow of non-violence: 1. preservation in movement, 2. control over mind, 3. control over speech, 4. to take food after properly examining it at a place where there is sunlight, 5. carefulness in placing or picking up a thing.
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चतुर्थ अध्ययन : प्रतिक्रमण
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