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material comfort, which in turn can lead to laxity in morality reaching its climax in the complete degeneration in moral values. Such conditions have emerged number of times in Jaina tradition, and Jaina ācāryas had led many reformation movements and uprisings in the areas of moral conduct.
The first controversy arose 606 or 609 years after Mahāvīra's nirvāṇa i.e. in the 1st and 2nd century of Vikrama with regard to regulations pertaining to conduct specially in context of sacela and acela ways of spiritual endeavours (sādhanā). This controversy was mainly between Arya Śivabhūti and Arya Krsņa. Arya Śivabhūti gave importance to acela point of view whereas Arya Krsna was in favour of sacela point of view. Because of the movement led by Arya Sivabhūti to reform the code of conduct a new tradition of Botika or Yāpaniya emerged in the Nirgranthasamgha of North India, which believed that the highest way of spiritual upliftment is only aceladharma even though it accepted the Agama scriptures and the concept of liberation of women.
Keeping in view the emotional and faithrelated aspects of human nature, Jaina religion eventually developed the concept of idol worship after Mahāvīra. Though, only 150 years after Mahāvīra's Nirvāņa the evidences of idol worship
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