Book Title: History of Jaina Monachism
Author(s): S B Deo
Publisher: Deccan College Research Institute

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________________ S. B. DEO (7) If she is fit, and the rest of the nuns refuse to obey her, then they have to undergo 'cheya' or 'parihara'. 580 (8) If, while wandering from village to village, the leader of a group of monks dies, then the monks should select and appoint another in his place, or else should go to their co-religionists who are wandering elsewhere. If they remain without a head then 'cheya' or 'parihāra'." (9) Same as above in the rainy season.10 MORAL DISCIPLINE: (1) If a monk becomes slack in discipline and lives either with a person of bad character or with one loose in control, then he may be allowed back into the gana when he confesses and atones for the offence and undergoes 'cheya' or 'parihara'."1 PENANCE AND ASCETIC PRACTICES : (1) If a monk, going out of the gana for the sake of practising the 'egallaviharapadima', returns without completing it, then he has to undergo 'chaya' or 'parihāra',12 (2) Same as above regarding the gaṇāvaccedaka.13 (3) Same as above regarding the äcaryopadhyāya.14 RESIDENCE: (1) In cases of insufficient accommodation, if a monk goes to another place either for study or sleep without the permission of the superior,15 then 'cheya' or 'parihāra.' (2) If a place where the monk stays has many doors, then he may stay in a separate room. In this case, however, a well-versed monk must inquire about him on every third day. In the case of any such person not available for inquiry, a monk should not stay in a separate room. does, then 'cheya' or 'parihara'.16 8. Ibid., 5, 14. 9. Ibid., 4, 11. 10. Ibid., 4, 12. 11. Ibid., 1, 29-32. 12. Ibid., 1, 25. 13. Ibid., 1, 26. 14. Ibid., 1, 27. 15. Ibid., 1, 21. 16. Ibid., 6, 5. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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