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Jaina Acāra : Siddhanta aura Svarūpa (7) Saddaulayam—it is to confess loudly so as to impress others. (8) Bahujana - It is to confess the very same fault to different people to
evince how much afraid the defaulter is of his sins. The aim is to
receive encomium. (9) Avvatta-It is to confess to a senior not well versed in scriptures
and ignorant of expiation for different sins. (10) Tasseivi—It is to confess to one who might have been guilty of the
very same lapse earlier. It is to manipulate light expiation. Pratikramanārha-It is a happy retreat from vice to virtue, from demerit to merit. The defaulter introspects, realises his mistakes and determines to rectify them. It is to hate the sin but not the sinner,
You want to keep yourself away from what you detest. (3) Tadubhayarha-It is to take recourse to both self-censure and
retreat as when you happen to touch some one-sensed being. (5) Vyutsargārha-It means worthy of being renounced. Some sin may
be committed while crossing a river or while walking carelessly. (6). Tapārha—The sin which can be expiated only by penance which
may be continued for six months on a diet of only roasted gram. Chedarha-'Cheda' means to cut or lessen. It is demotion with the result that some monk, earlier junior to him, becomes his senior because of the defaulter's demotion. The juniors must bow their
heads to the seniors. This is harder than many other penances. (8) Mulārha-It means ruination. The fault is so serious that a monk
has to be expelled. When and if he wishes to rejoin the fold, he is initiated afresh and then becomes junior to all others. His reunion
very much depends on his hearty assurance of good conduct. (9) Anavasthapyara-For a more serious offence a monk may be asked
to revert to his house-holder's life. There he practises hard penances
to make himself worthy of being readmitted. (10) Paraneikärha—It means that because of some very serious lapse a
monk gives up his attire and habitual region. Then he starts hard penances that last from six months to twelve years after the expiry of which he reioins the Order. This atonement is for those who exert or actually cause a rift in the organisation or plan to kill some monk and choose time to execute it, or evince interest in sinful actions and put questions so as to call gods on the toe or the wall. It is meant also for those who outrage the chastity of some nun or queen. This is particularly for some influential preceptor and not for his associate.
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