Introduction to Jainism

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

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Jainion.
three salutations to each of the four directions and giving up desires over the body are added to make up the Six Necessities. The five faults to be avoided here are [ 1 ] non-fixing of the body [ 2 ] the mind and [ 3 ] the tongue to one purpose, [ 4 ) non-reverence towards the Samayika and [ 5 ] forgetting the lessons or the rites of the Samayika. The avoidance of these makes the Samayika faultless.
The third Shiksha Vrita is Prôshadhôpavas. A man observing it has to keep a complete or partial fast on the prescribed i. e. every eighth day of the Hindu fortnight. All the day is to Proshadho- be spent in a lonely place in reading pavas. scriptures or meditating over asceticism. The best form of this Vow is iņ observing it for the whole day prescribed, in addition to the preceding and following twelve hours. To be faultless, its observance must avoid (1) spreading the bed ( 2 ) observing the calls of nature ( 3 ) taking up necessary tools, without examination and cleaning of the ground, ( 4 )