Book Title: Early Jainism
Author(s): K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ Rşibhūşita 833 Serial Number Author Topic 1. Narada 2. Vajjiyaputta 3. Davila (Devala) Angarisi Pupphasāla 5. 6. Vakkalaciri 7. Kummaputta Ketali putta Mahakasava One should avoid the five vices, violence etc., of three types performed in three manners Cycle-of-transmigration when karma, no cycle-of-transmigration when no karma The eighteen vices from pränātipāta down to mithyādarśanaśalya conceived as a lepa (= smearing) causing cycle-of-transmigration One best judge of one's own mind Renounce violence, falsehood, incontinence, acquisitiveness, anger, pride It is not proper to remain unguided by the thread of scripture One should be patient and persevering One free of worldly entanglement is rid of the cycle-of-transmigration Pain due to karma, no pain due to no karma; karma got rid of through noble performances like meditation Self-lamentation followed by the advice given to him that he receives pravrajya (This is really the concluding part of the Tetali putra story of Jnātadharmakatha and is incompre, hensible without a reference to that story. An expert spiritual guide like an expert physician Alms are to be procured properly and with a calm mind One should not seek revenge for the harm done to oneself by others One free of desires versus one full of desires () The worldly pains are due to one's own pagt misdeeds One's five senses are to be kept under control The Great-Science (= the spiritual science) cures spiritual ailments just as medicine cures the bodily ones 10. Tetali putta 11. Mankhaliputta 12. Jannavakka Bhayali Bāhuka Madhurāyaṇijja 15. 16. 17. Soriyayana Vidu Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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