Jain Spirit 1999 07 No 01

Author(s): Jain Spirit UK
Publisher: UK Young Jains

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सावण
GFERE
रिम. स एमम
वर पायरस 17252
JAIN SCRIPTURES: CHARITY
FROM: TATTVARTHA SUTRA THAT WHICH IS
vidhi-dravya-datr-patravisesat
BY NATHMAL TATIA,
HARPER COLLINS, 1994
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The SVOPAJNA BHASYA clarifies that the manner of giving includes propriety of place and time of giving, the enlightened faith of the giver, the sense of honour and regard with which the offering is made, the priority and acceptability of the thing given. The nature of the alms offered relates to the good smell, taste and so on of the food and drink as well as their class
tadvisesah RIOVE
7.34 (SS 7.39) The worth of a charitable act is determined by the manner of giving, the nature of the alms offered, the disposition of the giver and the qualification of the recipient.
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The giver's motives and enthusiasm and the quality of the alms offered determine the worth of the act of charity. The genuinely monastic life of the recipient adds dignity to the act. The worth of the charity is enhanced if the giver gives with a sense of duty and the recipient accepts what is a bare necessity of monastic life.
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安全爽爽爽爽感
Paige citigaranghun
anugrahartham svasyatisargo danam AUSIFEINAS
7.33 (SS7.38) Charity consists in
offering alms to the qualified person for one's own benefit.
यशसि गई PIERUHENGERESTORE
1xx
मंगवशि लगता।
400
SIGN Jaraug
व्यायवह
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The giver gives for his own benefit with a sense of gratitude to the recipient. Charity practised with a pure heart helps weaken karmic bondage.
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and quality. The disposition of the giver relates to his freedom from envy, feeling of pleasure and joy. sense of honour, good intention, freedom from expectation, deceit and eager desires.
The qualification of the recipient relates to his enlightened faith, knowledge, conduct and practice of austerities.
The SARVARTHA SIDDHI offers a slightly different explanation of the
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The Peaceful Liberators: Jain Art from India Publishers Los Angeles County Museum of Art
four constituents of giving. The manner of giving relates to the regard or disregard in the mind of the giver for the recipient. The merit of the thing given depends on its usefulness in the practice of austerities and religious studies of the recipient. The merit of the giver is his freedom from envy and lack of depression. The fitness of the recipient is his commendable practice of the spiritual discipline of self-restraint.
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