Agam 30 Prakirnak 07 Gacchachar Sutra

Author(s): D S Baya
Publisher: Agam Ahimsa Samta Evam Prakrit Samsthan

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PREFACE : XXXVII
comfort-loving Ācārya who is lax in undertaking his monastic tours and harbours attachment towards his family, village, town or state even after leaving them for taking the monastic ordination, who does not make due monastic endeavour, is not a monk but only a pseudo-monk (monk look alike). (20–24)
The Acāryas who motivate their flocks as per the scriptural dictates, who preach the faith as propounded by the Lords Jina and who properly spread the gospel have been compared with the Lords Tīrtharkaras themselves. On the contrary, those who flout the Jina order have been termed as (spiritually) cowards. (25–27)
According to this work the following three types of Ācāryas corrupt the faith:
Those Ācāryas who are themselves corrupt, Those who aren't corrupt themselves but who ignore others' corrupt practices, Those Acāryas who act contrary to the teachings of the Lords Jina.
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Analysing the difference between the Āchāryas who follow the correct path and the ones who don't, it has been said that the Ācārya who follows the wrong path wanders eternally in the mundane existence. The disciple who serves such an Ācārya also drowns into the ocean of worldliness. (29–31)
The spiritual aspirant who treads the correct path must be adored and he must be looked after by proper service in general and right medicines when he falls ill. Such service ought to be rendered personally as well through others. (35)
Praising those noble souls who always have the universal