Jinamanjari 1999 09 No 20

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

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Samjama caraṇaṁ - restraint induced type - however implies that observance of certain vows as well practicing of the faith in lifeways are preconditioned. It is said in the following gāhā that whatever rigorous exercise one is employed in observing one type of conduct, accomplishing spiritual salvation would not yield any result without the other type:
Sammattacaraṇabhatta samjamacaraṇam caranti jē vi ņrā Aņņāņāņa mūdhā taha viņ pāvanti ņivvāņaṁ. - 10.
To observe Restraint Conduct without righteousness - Difficult it is to achieve mokşa.
- Restraint
Kundakunda has further classified samjama caranaí Induced Conduct into two categories:
Duvihar samjamacaraṇam sāyāraṁ taha havē ņirāyāram Sāyāraṁ saggamthē pariggahā rahiya khulu.
Restraint Conduct is of Possessive and Possessivless types; Possessive type acquires whereas Possessiveless forsakes.
Sāyāram - possessing (Skt. sāgāra) and ņirāyāraṁ - possessionless (Skt. anagara). Here Kundakunda explicitly separates the laity from the ascetic fold by attributing characteristic feature which based on the fourth basic Jaina precept of aparigrha. The householder needs material acquisition, and the ascetic forsakes it altogether.
Sāyāras - Possessive Type - The Householder This sub-categorized Right Conduct, according to Kundakunda's explanations, is prescribed for the laypeople and is managed by two dimensional approach - 12 vratas - precepts and 11 pratimas - stages of spiritual progress.
The Vratās
Kundakunda states twelve precepts in the following gāha for laypeople:
Pancēva ņuvvayāim gunavvayāyim havanti taha tiņņi Sikhāvaya cattāri ya samjamacaraṇaṁ ca sāyāraṁ - 23.
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