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Verse 36
considering penance as the cause of both worldly prosperity and destruction of karmas?
Jain, S.A., Reality, p. 242.
Ācārya Umasvami's Tattvārthasūtra
अनशनावमौदर्यवृत्तिपरिसंख्यानरसपरित्यागविविक्तशय्यासनकायक्लेशा बाह्यं तपः ॥
(9-19) The external austerities (bāhya tapas) are fasting (anaśana), reduced diet (avamaudarya), special restrictions for begging food (vrttiparisamkhyāna), giving up stimulating and delicious dishes (rasaparityāga), lonely habitation (vivikta-śayyāsana), and mortification of the body (kāyakleśa).
Ācārya Pujyapada's Sarvārthasiddhi Fasting is intended to promote self-control and discipline, destruction of attachment, destruction of karmas and attainment of meditation and scriptural knowledge and not temporal benefits. Diminished diet is intended to develop vigilance in self-control, suppression of evils, contentment and study with ease. Special restrictions consist in limiting the number of houses etc., for begging food, and these are intended for overcoming desire. The fourth is giving up stimulating and delicious food such as ghee, in order to curb the excitement caused by the senses, overcome sleep, and facilitate study. The ascetic has to make his abode in lonely places or houses, which are free from insect afflictions, in order to maintain without disturbance celibacy, study, meditation and so on. This is the fifth austerity. Standing in the sun, dwelling under trees, sleeping in an open place without any covering, the different postures - all these constitute the sixth austerity, namely mortification of the body. What is the object of this? The object of this is to cultivate patient endurance of bodily pain and suffering, in
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