Jain Legend Vol 2

Author(s): Hastimal Maharaj, Shuganchand Jain, P S Surana
Publisher: Hastimal Maharaj Shugan C Jain P S Surana

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wears clothes and the one who doesn't. Jinakalp is should keep at least two requisites with them - Whisk broom and cloth covering the mouth'.
Listening to this description of Jinakalpa, ivabh ti asked, "If this is the case, why then in the name of audhika (daily used tools) and aupagrahika (borrowed and returned after use) so many requisites are being kept
now?"
c rya replied, "After the nirv a of Jamb Sw m, because of the structural weakness, the Jinakalpa tradition is considered as lost".
ivabh ti, already pained due to the loss of his blanket declared, "Master! As long as I am alive, I shall not allow the Jinakalpa to disintegrate. The one who aspires for the other world should always keep himself away from those objects which create delusion and passion."
The teacher said, "Son! Requisites like clothes, etc. need not increase attachment. Just like our body, the clothes also help us to follow the Holy Path; the way a monk bears his body without any attachment towards it to practice the Holy Path, similarly the basic needs like clothes, etc. is not inappropriate, but should be worn with the same feeling that they are helpful in our spiritual practice. The monk should use them with detachment, with a feeling that it is only a requisite which helps in spiritual practice.
Thus citing examples and evidences, the c rya explained the true meaning and tried to bring him around, but the adamant ivabh ti gave up clothes and practiced total nudity. He started living separately in a garden outside the city. ivabh ti had a sister named Uttar. She also took initiation and initially followed him. But later she gave up nudity and put on clothes.
According to vet mbara School, it was under ivabh ti, who is also known as Sahasramalla, that the Digambara sect came into existence. He had two disciples Kau dinya and Ko av ra. Thus the Bo ika (Digambara) sect was led by ivabh ti.
In most of the literature of vet mbaras almost similar description is available. Just as vet mbaras declare that the Digambara sect came into
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