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Q.VI.24.18
A.VI.24.18
What is meant by contemplation of serving the meritorious (vaiy vratyakarana)? To ward off the sickness of a sick ascetic or meritorious person and to help the meritorious persons is vaiy vratyakarana.
Q.VI.24.19 A.VI.24.19
What is meant by devotion to omniscient lords (arihantabhakti)? It is the worship of omniscient lords and their attributes namely omniscience, detachment, delivering beneficial sermons. It also includes contemplation of the ten attributes of their birth and omniscience each, fourteen auspicious events performed by gods, eight auspicious objects (pr tih rya), and four infinites (intuition, knowledge, energy and bliss) for a total of 46 virtues of the omniscient.
O.VI.24.20
A.VI.24.20
What is meant by contemplation of devotion to the chief preceptors and preceptors ( c rya bhakti)? Devotion to the chief preceptors and preceptors and their 36 virtues namely twelve austerities, ten characteristics of religion (dasa dharma), six essential duties ( va yakas), five types of conduct (panc c ra), three restraints (guptis) is c rya bhakti.
Q.VI.24.21
A.VI.24.21
What is meant by contemplation of devotion to the scriptures (bahu ruta bhakti)? Devotion to the scriptures' engaged in learning and teaching of the eleven folds, fourteen members and four faculties based on the sermons of the omniscient is bahu ruta bhakti.
Q.VI.24.22 What is meant by contemplation of the sermons of the omniscient or the
creed (pracavacana bhakti)? A.VI.24.22 With dedication, to study repeatedly the scriptures based on the sermons
of omniscient lords at appropriate time and to hear the sermons on the same and to teach others is pracavacana bhakti.
Q.VI.24.23
A.VI.24.23
What is meant by contemplation of practice of essential daily duties ( va yaka parih ni)? Duties whose daily performance is essential are called va yaka. For the ascetics these are sm yika, stavana, vandan, pratikramana, praty kh na and k yotsarga. To practice these daily is called va yaka parih ni.
Q.VI.24.24
A.VI.24.24
What is meant by contemplation of the propagation of the creed (m rga prabh van )?
The propagation of the creed means to practice the three jewels (right belief-knowledge-conduct), to observe as per the time and capability austerities, charity, worships etc and then to propagate them by teaching others and encouraging them to appreciate and practice them.
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