Introduction to Jainsim

Author(s): Dewan Bahadur A B Lathe
Publisher: Jain Mitra Mandal

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JAINISM
calls of nature (3) taking up necessary tools without examination and cleaning of the ground, ( 4 ) non-reverence for the rite and [5] forgetting it.
The last Vow is Dan or Vayyavritya, also called Athitht Dan or Charity Sanvibhag. It consists of giving food, medicine, safety and knowledge to needy men. If the Dan leads to or encourages laziness, grossness, madness, disease or sin, it is no Dan at all. So one must be very careful in giving in charity. The five faults to be avoided here are (1) giving food kept in an objectionable pot (2) concealed in it (3) giving it through others (4) giving it out of envy and (5) not giving it in time. A man who observes these twelve Vows without faults and the three Shalyas, is a man in the second stage.
The three Shalyas are (1) Maya (illusion) (2) Mithyatva (falseThe Shalyas or hood) and (3) Nidan (covetousness,). The first Darts
is the pang of fraud, the second is the pang of false faith and the third is the pang of coveting certain things. A layman who observes the Vows must be unaffected by these darts.
Such a man has to observe in the last Sanllekhana at the time Sanllekhana
na of dying. He should give up all love for his wife, or peaceful children and friends and hatred towards his endeath
emies, Pardon should be sought from all and extended to all. The idea of houses, etc. being one's own should be thrown aside. The dues should be paid up. The remaining estate should be given to children, wife, servants and in charities. The actions of the closing life should be reviewed. Evils should be repented. There should be no pain, no fear, 20 anxiety ; but attention should be fixed on scriptures being read at the time. Food should be diminished gradually until