Book Title: Concept of Pratikramana
Author(s): Nagin J Shah, Madhu Sen
Publisher: Gujarat Vidyapith Ahmedabad

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________________ after having confessed the past sinsul acts and even after having made open declaration not to commit them in future, to continue to commit them without slightest conscience-bite is druvya pratikramaņa. To illustrate it, an illustration of Kşullaka Sadhu who breaks clay vessels of a potter again and again and seeks forgivenees again and again, is given. (5) Kāyotsarga Having done concentration for dharmadhyāna (virtuous meditation) and śukladhyāna (pure meditation), to renounce attachment to one's body is kāyotsarga. To perform küyotsarga in its true definite form one should give up all the desilements that defile it. These defilements are enumerated in Āvaśyaka-Niryukti verses 1546-1547. (6) Pratyākhyāna Renunciation and its declaration is pratyākhyāna. It too is of two types - external (dravya) and internal (bhāva). Renunciation of external things like food, clothes etc. is external renunciation (dravya pratyākhyāna). And renunciation of internal impure stales of soul, viz. ignorance, non-restraint, etc. generated in soul by its contact with karmic material particles is internal renunciation (bhāva pratyākhyāna). According to Avaśyaka (p.847), renunciation done through the following six purities is pure renunciation: purities pertaining to śruddhā (saith), jñāna (knowledge), vundana (salutation), anupālana (obeying or preserving), anubhāsana (repetition) and bhāva (mental state). Performance of pratyākhyāna (renunciation) leads to samvara (stoppage of the influx of karmic material particles). Sarivaru destroys desire. Destruction of desire gives rise to equanimity (samabhāva) which in turn leads to the attainment of liberation. Naturalness of Order and Its Explanation Introvert living beings' ultimate goal is to reach the peak of perfect equanimity. So, when they know any person mounted on the highest peak of equanimity, they do praise good qualities of that person. Again, they never forget to salute a saintly person

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