Introduction to Jainism

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

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An Account of the dinner [ 5.] sitting and sleeping in a lonely place [ 6 ] putting the body to exercise. This is extenal Tapas. The internal Tap is [ 1 ] Doing penance [2.] keeping restraint [ 3 ] serving the Teachers [ 4 ] Reading the Shastra daily [5 ] indifference towards one's own body and [6] concentration of mind.
The fifty three rites prescribed for a layman The fifts are the eight primary qualities, the three rites twelve Vows, the twelve Tapas, one Samyabhava or equanimity, the eleven Stages, the four Danas, the habit of drinking water passed through cloth, giving up night-meals and the three jewels. They are all detailed before.
The six daily duties of a man are (1) worship, ( 2 ) business for livelyhood by means of (a) the sword, ( 6 ) the pen.(c) the plough, (d) the scale (e ) the tools of arts like carpentry, mechanics, drawing and (s) the rod of the herdsman. No one should be idle and bur
densone to others. One who handles the sword