Jaina Philosophy and Religion

Author(s): Nyayavijay
Publisher: B L Institute of Indology

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God is not world-creator Worship of God necessary
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CHAPTER 2 JAINA PATH OF PURIFICATION (LIBERATION) Introductory Right knowledge (samyak jñāna) Right conduct (samyak caritra) Spiritual discipline for the mendicant (sadhu-dharma) Spiritual discipline for the layman (gyhastha-dharma) Gross vow of refraining from violence (sthūla prānātipātaviramana) Gross vow of refraining from lying (sthūla mrşāvādaviramaņa) Gross vow of abstaining from taking anything that is not given
(sthula adattādānaviramana) Gross vow of refraining from all illicit sexual contacts
(sthula maithunaviramaņa) Vow of limiting one's possessions (parigrahaparimāņa) Vow of limiting the area of one's unvirtuous activities (digurata) Vow of limiting the quantity of things one will use
(bhogopabhogaparimāņa) Vow to abstain from purposeless harmful activities
(anarthadandaviramaņa) Vow of remaining completely equanimous for a fixed period of
time (sāmāyika) Vow of reducing for a limited period of time the limits of the area
set forth in the sixth vow (deśāvakāśikavrata) Vow of observing fast and living like a monk for certain days
(posadhavrata) Vow of sharing with deserving guests (atithisamvibhāga-vrata) Samyaktua Essential characteristics of God Essential characteristics of the teacher Essence of religion Types of knowledge Stages of spiritual development (gunaśreni or gunasthāna) Spiritualness (adhyātma) Soteriological reflection (bhāvanā) Bondage and liberation Jaina and non-Jaina conceptions of soul