Notes on Modern Jainism

Author(s): Mrs Sinclair Stevenson
Publisher: Oxford

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MODERN JAINISM.
(4) Sañjvalana (44), or slight anger. This anger is confessed and dismissed at the end of every day at the evening confession. If a man die whilst indulging in this form of anger, he cannot become a Siddha, but might be a Tirthankara in his next birth.
Pride, Illusion and Greed are divided in the same way and carry the same punishments.
The Pañca Indriya (чia ). The next five A's'rava consist in failing to restrain the senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. Though the immediate results of exercising these senses may be good, yet they lead to entanglement.
The Senses.
The Pañca Avrata (чia 241) are the opposites of the five great vows, and consist of killing, lying, stealing, unchastity and coveting.
Breach of Vows.
The remaining three, the Trana Yoga (a), come from failing to restrain body, mind and speech.
Trana Yoga.
The Digambara include under A's'rava Merit (Punya you) and Sin (Papa чy, which, unlike the Svetambara and Sthanakavasi, they do not consider to be main divisions of the nine categories, but only subdivisions.
iv. Samvara (a): the Impeding of Karma.
The Jaina believe that Karma may be impeded in fiftyseven ways. Ten of these we have already learnt under the Ten duties of monks and nuns; besides these there are:
Five Rules of Conduet ( Pāñct Samiti - પાંચ સિિત ) which impede Karma :