Jainism a Glimpse

Author(s): Punyadarshanvijay
Publisher: Sanmarg Prakashan

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pastimes, gambling, lustful eyeing towards opposite sex, alcoholic-drinks, meat-eating, etc.
v) Should practise ideal civic behavior, well established family customs, and religious rituals, would never malign, slander
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vi) He lives in neither too secluded nor too open a residence. It must be situated in a good locality and have good neighbours. The house must not have many entrances.
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vii) He always associates with good people, who are partial to virtues, spiritually advanced and abandons place of evil reputation.
viii) Worships his parents, has reverence for preceptors, teachers, is respectful to elders and old, pays obeisance to deity.
ix) Regulates his expenditure according to his income, dresses according to his position and hears religious discourses everyday. Divides his income in four parts. (1) For investment (2) For trade (3) For household expenditure and (4) For charity.
x) He is grateful for what is done for him, he is loved by people, he is modest, merciful, of serene disposition and benevolent. He eats at fixed time, when indigestion, he does not eat. He is free from obstinacy and has partiality for good cause.
III TAPA - PENANCE (12 Kinds)
The attachment and aversion brings into soul Kārmika Atoms, this is the root-cause of our worldly existence. Kārmika Atoms control and direct our every movement whether it be inner or outer. But when we become aware of the mighty spiritual empire hidden in us, Kārmika Atoms lose their hold on us. Then it is not
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