Jaina Acara Siddhanta aur Svarupa

Author(s): Devendramuni
Publisher: Prakrit Bharti Academy

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Jaina Acāra : Siddhanta aura Swarūpa IV - Kausala—is cleverness in getting at the significance of passages without indulging in verbal wrangling.
V - Tîrtha Sevā—is to take solicitous care of ascetics both male and female as also laity of both sexes. The Jaina preceptors have given importance to Bhāvānā i.e. reflection in strengthening the capacity and resolve of spiritual aspirants. There is continual reflection on some issue which necessitates its observance in life. There are six Bhāvanās of the right faith :
1 - Take the law to be a big tree the root of which is right faith. Unless the root is watered, the tree cannot subsist. It will be swept away by a week dust-storm. When the root is well cared for, flowers bloom and fruits abound. So also religion thrives and opens the gate to emancipation.
II - Take law to be a big city which can be protected by parapets. Enemies fear to attack the city. Right faith is the parapet which cannot be penetrated by evil. There is also a gate for regular entry. Right faith is the gate to piety.
III - Right attitude is the foundation of the palace of religion. No superstructure can be raised on a weak foundation. Right faith will enliven religion,
IV - You need a casket for the safety of diamonds. The law can be observed faithfully only by casket-like freedom from wrong and false notions. Diamonds have no value when compared with, say, Jainism which is simply priceless.
V - You need a utensil for keeping wholesome, health giving food. Law cannot operate without right faith and conduct.
VI - There is a strong warehouse free from dirt, water and vermin. So also piety can be well preserved by unexceptionably right conduct.
Being free from wrong faith is the authority letter to salvation. It should be well guarded with care and caution
Self is the basis of right faith. Those ever conscious of the body to the exclusion of the soul are subject to the cycle of rebirths. To strengthen right faith there are six pre-requisites :
(1) There is the soul. (2) It is eternal in the form of substance. (3) It is the doer of its own actions. (4) It enjoys also the actions done by it. (5) It is capable of emancipation. (6) It is the potent means of salvation. There are six transgressions of right faith,which, if not nipped in the bud, will readily destroy derelicts. They are :
(1) Sanka—is entertaining doubts in an arbitrary manner. Those who doubt everywhere never reach their destination. There should be faith in means and end without which self-realization is impossible. But honest