Book Title: Outlines of Jainism
Author(s): J L Jaini, F W Thomas
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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________________ QUALITIES, ETC., OF SAINTLY SOULS 133 for faults that already attach to the soul. (5) Svadhyāya: reading the Scriptures. Vote.--In some books pratyākhyānu is given in place of svādhyāyu. It means the forethought and endeavour so that in future no faults may attach to the soul. Roughly prutikramana and pratyākhyānu correspond to nirera and samvura respectively. (6) Kūyotsargco: giving up attachment to the body and practising contemplation of the self. 4. Five kinds of exercises (achāra): (1) Darsanachāra : to induce strong and steady faith. (2) Jñanachāru : to increase knowledge. (3) Claritrachūru: to improve one's daily life. (4) Tapachāra : to become a great ascetic. (5) Viryachāra : to increase the power of one's inner self. 5. Three Guptis: the threefold restraint of mind, body, and speech (Total 36.) IV. TEACHING SAINTS These have twenty-five qualities, inasmuch as they have to study and teach the eleven Angas and fourteen Pūrras. V. ALL SAINTS They have twenty-eight essential qualities among others as follows: 1. Five Maha-vratus—five great rows: (1) Alimesi : not to cause, or tend to cause, pain or destruction to any living being, by thought, speech, or conduct. (2) Satya : truth in speech, thought, and deed. (3) Isteya: to take nothing, unless and except it is

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