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CHAPT E R - 10
परमभक्ति अधिकार THE SUPREME DEVOTION
रत्नत्रय के स्वरूप का कथन - The Three Jewels (ratnatraya) – सम्मत्तणाणचरणे जो भत्तिं कुणइ सावगो समणो । तस्स दु णिव्वुदिभत्ती होदि त्ति जिणेहि पण्णत्तं ॥१३४॥ जो श्रावक अथवा श्रमण सम्यग्दर्शन, सम्यग्ज्ञान और सम्यक्चारित्र में भक्ति करता है, उसे निर्वृति-भक्ति (निर्वाण-भक्ति) है, ऐसा जिनेन्द्र भगवान् ने कहा है।
Lord Jina has proclaimed that the householder (śrāvaka) or the ascetic (śramaņa) who has devotion to right faith (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcāritra), has devotion (bhakti) to liberation (nirvana) - nirurtibhakti.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Three Jewels (ratnatraya) – right faith (samyagdarśana), right knowledge (samyagjñāna), and right conduct (samyakcăritra) – constitute the path to liberation (nirvāṇa). The householder (śrāvaka)l and the ascetic (śramaņa) who have devotion to the Three Jewels (ratnatraya) are said to have devotion to liberation (nirvana).
1 - The householder (śrāvaka) has eleven stages (pratimā) of conduct: 1) dārśanika, 2) vratika, 3) sāmayika, 4) proşadha, 5) sacittatyāga, 6) rātribhuktivirata, 7) brahmacāri, 8) ārambhavinivrtta, 9) parigrahavirata, 10) anumativirata, and 11) uddistavirata.
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