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CHAPTER XXIV. ON PUNYA AND ITS FRUITIONS. Punya and Papa in relation to 'Charitra - Analysis of Charitra or Conduct-Considerations of moral activity, Good and the Law of duty-Fundamental factors of Punya-Knowledge. Faith and WillPunya as forms of service-Sincerity as the soul of religiousity-Sincerity and Punya-Psychical and Physical fruitions for the performances of Punya.
Notions of
Pápa centre
ritra.
We have in the previous chapter
discussed in brief the principle, and the Punya and rationale which underlie the difference round Cha- and destinction between Punya (virtue)
and Papa (vice), as conceived and interpreted by the Jains in their scriptural texts and legendary accounts. We have seen there that the Jain conceptions of Punya and Papa mostly centre round the word, Charitra, which has the word 'Conduct' for its English equivalence. Conduct or Charitra is the conscious adjustment of the human activities (Karmas) for the attainment of a particular end or object. But Karmas, as we have
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