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(2) Duty must be observed surruptiosly. There are separate codes of
conduct for ascetics and laity. They must repent for the least lapse they might have been liable to. The existence of soul is deduciblc by faith alone and never by the subtlest argumentation. To doubt its existence is to incur a sin for
which they must repent. (4) Violence, strictly forbidden by Jainism should never be expounded.
If perchance it be done, repentance is the only way out.
Ordinarily people think that repentance is only for misdeeds done in the past, but it refers to present and future as well. Not to let the influx of Karma enter the soul is present repentance and the resolve not to commit any sin necessarily refers to the future.
From the standpoint of time it is further divided as follows :(1) Daivasika-It is to repent at the close of the day. (2) Rātrika-It is to repent for sins committed at night at its close. (3) Paksika-It is to repent once a fortnight. (4) Caturmāsika-It is to repent on the Kärtika, Phālguna and Abadha
full-moon days. This repentance is for the sins committed in the
course of four months. (5) Samvatsarika-It is to repent for sins committed in the course of a
year on the forty-ninth or fiftieth day after ‘Asādha Purnima'.
You may very well ask why it should be necessary to repent later when every day one repents both morning and evening. It is because a house is cleaned not once but everyday and more so on festival days. That affords you an opportunity to see what your life has been and what it could still be.
Other kinds are mentioned in Sutānāniga 'as follows :(1) Uccāra-There are regulations as to how you should walk and ease
nature. Any lapse therein is to be repented for. (2) Prasravana-It relates to your return after making water. (3) Itvara-It is to repent for a short while during the day or night. (4) Yāvatkathika-It is to accept thorough knowledge concerning food
or repentance for as much period relating to great vows as undertaken. Yatkincita-mithyā-Notwithstanding all care to preserve self-restraint there might inadvertently be some lapse somewhere for which to offer 'Michāmidukkadam' is somewhat false
repentance. (6) Svapnāntika-It is to repent for lapses in dream. Jain Education International For Private & Personal Use Only
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