Niyamsara

Author(s): Kundkundacharya, Uggar Sain
Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

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THE SACRED BOOKS OF THE JAINAS.
saints' rules of conduct. The rules of conduct to be observed by a layman, only serve as a means to the partial control of his passions. If he wants to make further progress and attain perfection, he
st adopt the rules of conduct laid down for saints. These rules practically consist in the renunciation of all worldly possessions and occupations.
The practical right conduct to be observed by saints is of 13 kinds :
Five vows:
1. Vow of non-injury. 2. Vow of truth. 3. Vow of non-stealing. 4. Vow of chastity.
5. Vow of possessionlessness,
The saints have to observe these rules fully, without any blemish or transgression, so that their thought-activities may remain pure and undisturbed, and they may be able to apply them. selves to self-realisation.
6. Carefulness in walking. 7. Carefulness in speaking. 8. Carefulness in eating. 9. Carefulness in lifting up and laying down. 10. Carefulness in excreting. Three kinds of control :11. Control of mind. 12. Control of speech.
13. Control of body. घणघाइकम्मरहिया केवलणाणाइपरमगुणसहिया। चोत्तिसअदिसअजुत्ता अरिहंता एरिसा होंति ॥७१ ॥ TATIA RETIEAT: 03TratąTTAITHEAT: 1 चतुस्त्रिंशदतिशययुक्ता अर्हन्त ईदृशा भवन्ति ।। ७१ ॥
71. Worshipful Lords (Arhats) are those who are entirely free from all the (four) destrutive Karmas, and are possessed of the highest attributes, omniscience, etc., and are crowned with the thirty-four extraordinary glories, (Atishaya).