Jinamanjari 1999 09 No 20

Author(s): Jinamanjari
Publisher: Canada Bramhi Jain Society Publication

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The Atthapāhuda consists of eight pāhudas (treatises) on Jaina monastic moral mannerisms, and embodies metaphysics as integral part of the journey of the soul. The text is a prescriptional code of conduct reminding the practitioner that any sithilācāra (laxity) would hinder the journey of the soul in its path of purification. Each pāhuda deals with a particular subject as we see in the following:
1. Dhamsaņa Pāhuda (Skt. Darśana Pāhuda) deals with Jaina faith in 36 gāhās (Skt. gāthās). 2. Sūtta Pāhuda (Skt. Sūtra Pāhuda) deals with Agamic literature in 27 gāhās. 3. Cáritta Pāhuda (Skt. Caritra Pāhuda) deals with code of conduct in 45 gāhās. 4. Bhoha Pāhuda (Skt. Bhoda Pāhuda) deals about understanding of the faith in 62 gāhās. 5. Bhāva Pāhuda (Skt. as in Prākrit) deals about right psyche or frame of mind in 165 gāhās. 6. Mokkha Pāhuda (Skt. Moksa Pāhuda) is about liberation dealt in 106 gāhās. 7. Samaņalinga Pāhuda (Skt. Sramaņalinga Pāhuda) deals with ascetic characteristics in 22 gāhās. 8. Sīla Pāhuda (Skt. śīla Pāhuda) deals with moral ethos in 40 gāhās.
The Cáritta Pāhuda: A Treatise on the Code of Conduct
The subject of Right Conduct for the ascetic and the layperson forms the third pāhuda in the text. Kundakunda dealing about this aspect introduces the section in this way:
Ņāņa dhamsaņa sammam cărittaṁ sõhikāraṇam tesim Mokkhārāhanheum carittaṁ pāhudum vochhe - 2.
Right Knowledge Belief Conduct is the formula - Here I explain Conduct, caritta pāhuda.
He identifies two types of Right Conduct: sammattacarașa că - righteous (Skt. samyaktvācaraṇa cāritra) and samjama caranaṁ - restraint (Skt. sanyamācaraṇa căritra).
Jiņaņāņaditta suddhaṁ phadhamam sammattacaraņa vārittani Vidiaṁ samjamacaraņaṁ Jiņaņāņsadesiyam tam pi.- 5.
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