Gommatasara Karma Kanda

Author(s): Nemichandra Siddhant Chakravarti, J L Jaini
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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This Shalya or blemish is of 3 kinds :
1. Máyå-shalya, the thorn of deceit. 2. Mithya-shalya, the thorn of wrong-belief.
3. Nidána, the thorn of Desire for future sense-pleasures. Vowers are of 2 kinds: Ágárí, house-holders (laymen) and Anagára, house-less (ascetics)
One whose five vows are partial is a house-holder. The householder's life has 11 Pratimás or stages given above.
The house-holder must be with the following 7 supplementary vows also :
1. Digvrata, Taking a life-long vow to limit his worldly activity to fixed points in all the 10 directions, i.e., East, West, North, South, South-east, East-north, North-west, and West-south, and Up and Down..
2. Deshavrata, Taking a vow to limit the above also for a shorter period of time, e.g., for one's weekly or daily wordly activity,
3. Anartha danda-vrata, Taking a vow not to commit purpose less sin; It has 5 kinds :
1. Apadhyána, Thinking ill of others; 2. Pápopadesha, Preaching of sin to others. 3. Pramáda-cháritra. Thoughtless or inconsiderate con
duct as breaking the boughs of trees, plucking
flowers, etc. without any purpose. 4. Himsádána, Giving objects of offence to others.
5. Duhshruti, Reading or hearing bad books. The above 3, 2. e., Digvrata, Deshavrata and Anartha-danda, vrata are called Guna vratás, multiplicative vows, because they raise the value of the 5 vows Ahimsá, etc.
4. Sámáyika. Taking a vow to devote so much time everyday. once, twice or three times, at sunrise, sunset and noon to contemplation of the self for spiritual advancement.
5. Proshadhopavása, Taking a vow to fast on 4 days of the month, viz. the two 8th and the two 14th days of every lunar fortnight. Fast means abstention from food and drink, and devoting one's time to religious study and contemplation, etc.
6. Upabhoga, pari bhoga parimána. Taking a vow every day limiting one's enjoyment of consumable and non-consumable things.
7. Atithi-Samvibhága. Taking a vow to take one's food only after feeding the ascetics with a part of it.
If ascetics are scarce, another person may be fed in their place, if he is observing the vows of a house-holder or is possessed of right belief ; or any afflicted or poor person.
everyday,