Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth

Author(s): Shobhachad Bharilla
Publisher: Hajarimalmuni Smruti Granth Prakashan Samiti Byavar

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४२ : मुनि श्रीहजारीमल स्मृति-ग्रन्थ
12. Religion is the only refuge in this world of the triple agony of birth, decrepitude and
death. This is Dharma Bhāvanā or meditation on the sustaining and saving power of
religion. By these meditations the monks have to turn their minds from evil thoughts. The nuns or Sadhwis also observe the same strict vows and rules of conduct as the monks. It is these monks and nuns who practise self-control and have given up all desires and earthly possessions that deserve to be ranked as Gurus or spiritual teachers. Lay Brothers (Shrāvakas) and Lay Sisters (Shrävikäs) Male householders following Jainism are called Shrāvakas and female householders Shrāvikās. They do not adopt the life of a recluse by renouncing the world, but live in it, earning their livelihood by honest means and performing the householders' religious duties. They are expected to possess seriousness, a limpid serenity of nature, modesty, straightforwardness, kindness, impartiality, an admiring openness to the good qualities of others, humility, gratitude, benevolence etc. There are the twelve Vratas or vows prescribed for them : 1. Sthula Prānātipāta Viramana Vrata, which means not to kill, injure or give trouble delibe
rately to any innocent Trasa creature. 2. Sthula Mrishävāda Viramana Vrata means not to speak such lies as may cause harm to
others. This vow also demands that one must abstain from the gross forms of lying like denying a pledge or a trust, bearing false witness in a law court, representing somebody's property as one's own or as belonging to a third person, hiding other's defects and draw
backs, sing false praises of a bride or a bridegroom etc. 3. Sthula Adattādāna Viramana Vrata is abstention from stealing. The theft of somebody's
things or the evasion of due taxes, or such stealing as entails censure at the hands of one's
society or punishment by the ruling power, must be eschewed. 4. Sthula Maithuna Viramana Vrata interdicts all kinds of sexual intercourse except with
one's duly married wife; and it imposes strict bounds within which enjoyment even with
one's wife has to be kept. 5. Parigrahaparimāna Vrata is to impose certain limits upon the possession of wealth, grains,
animals and other forms of property, and restrict one's enjoyment of them within those
limits. It forbids all infringement of the limits. 6. Dik-parimâna Vrata is to keep within certain fixed limits one's journeys in different
directions for trade and other purposes. 7. Bhogopabhoga Parimāna Vrata is to restrict within certain bounds the enjoyment of the
necessary material objects of daily use, such as food, clothes, house etc. The objects that can be enjoyed once only are called Bhogya, such as food; and those that are of constant
or frequent use are called Upabhogya, such as clothes, house, furniture etc. 8. Anarthadanda Viramana Vrata-The sins that are committed thoughtlessly, without any
reference to one's personal need or the benefit of one's family, are called Anarthadanada. Abstention from such sins is called Anarthadanda Viramana Vrata. It is undertaken as a safeguard against doing many unnecessary wrong things, such as giving of arms, poison etc. to others; instigating birds and beasts to fight among themselves, counselling others
birds and necessary wrong
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