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Samyag Darshan
be stronger. In order to attain this purity, you should practise 67 principles or activities. The following words are useful in remembering these points. “Sadda, Shulidu Bhool Aaj Bhatta Prabhavi”. In these, every letter signifies one aspect.
4) SADDHAHANAS: (1) Paramarth Samsthava or familiarity with Jiva and Ajiva tatvas (Paramartha) etc. and cultivating heartfelt faith in them. (2) Rendering service to sadhus who know the Paramatma. (3) Vyapannavarjan : Giving up a spiritual head who does not follow the right path. (4) Giving up the preceptor who has wrong faith (Mithyadrishti).
3) SHUDDHIS: The mind and the voice must express this : The refuge of the Jin is beneficial; the devotion for the Jin is efficacious; the body should not swerve even a little from the path of faith in the Jin even if calamities and impediments are caused by evil Gods. The Jineshwardev, the Jin Dharma and the Sangh constitute the essence.
3) LINGAS: (1) Having for spiritual discourses such an attachment as a happy young man may have for sweet melodies. (2) A strong desire for the Charitra like the hunger of a man in a forest for sweets. (3) Rendering service to Arihant and Sadhus like students.
5) DUSHANAS to be discarded (1) A doubt in the words of the Jin; (2) Entertaining other ideas than those of Jins; (3) Doubting the efficacy of spiritual activities; (4) Familiarity and association with false spiritual heads etc.; (5) Praise for them. These five are not to be done.
6) BHUSHANAS (Decorations) (1) Having the skill of the Jin shasan (Utsarg, Apavad, Vachan, Vidhivachan, Bhayavachan etc. the sense to understand them) (2) Endeavouring to spread the Jin shasan (3) Visiting holy places (Sthavar thirthas) like Shatrunjay and rendering service to the Jangam thirth (the moving ones) such as sadhus (4) Endeavouring to strengthen the Jin dharma (5) Rendering service and showing devotion and politeness to the spiritual heads who deliver discourses.
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