Introduction to Jainism

Author(s): A B Latthe
Publisher: Natha Rangaji

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Jainism.
without realising its extent. The avoidance of: these “ faults” makes the Vow of Anarth Dand complete. The third Vow consists of measuring the objects of Bhog ( enjoyment once only ) like food, water etc and of Upbhog [.enjoyment over again of one and the same thing ] such as clothes, ornaments, houses etc. and also it consists in not eating roots of trees, onions, butter, flowers of Nim trees, the ketaki flowers and such things as do not sirt one's health. The faults of this Vow are [1 ] liking the objects of enjoyment ( 2 ) entertaining the memory of past pleasures ( 3 ) coveting the objects of pleasure ( 4 ) thirsting for the objects of enjoyment and ( 5 ) imagining enjoyment where there is none. These three are called Gun Virtas as they raise the Anu (small ) vritas to Maha ( great ) vritas, ( as regards the limits excluded etc.)
The four Shiksha Vows are Déshavakashika ( 2 ) Samayika ( 3 ) Proshadhopavas and ( 4 ) Dana. The first aims at converting the