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श्रीमद् विजयराजन्द्रसूरि-स्मारक-ग्रंथ points in the teachings of Mahāvīra, constitute the path of Jainism, leading to the destruction of Karma and to perfection (siddhi ). 1 Here destruction means the exhaustion of accumulated effects of action in the past and the stoppage of the future rise of such effects.
By the teaching of right knowledge, by the avoidance of ignorance and delusion and by the destruction of love and hatred, one arrives at deliverance which is not bing but bliss. Obstruction to knowledge is fivefold : (a) obstruction to knowledge derived from sacred books ( sūtra ); (b) obstruction to perception (abhinibodhika '; (c) obstruction to supernatural knowledge ( avadhijñāna ); (d) obstruction to knowledge of the thoughts of others ( manahparyaya ) and (e) obstruction to the highest, unlimited knowledge (kēvala ). The following are the different kinds of obstruction to right faith; sleup (nidra ), sleep in activity (prachala ), very deep sleep (nidrānidrā ), a high degree of sleep in activity ( prachalaprachala ), and a state of deep-rooted greed (tbinaddhi) Mohaniya is twofold as referring to faith and conduct. The three kinds of möhaniya referring to faith are right faith ( sammattam ), wrong faith/ (micchat,am ) and faith partly right and partly wrong ( sammamicchattam ). The two kinds of mohaniya referring to conduct are : (1) what is experienced in the form of the four cardinal passions and (2) what is experienced in the form of feelings different from them, a
Right knowledge is, in fact, kuowledge of the Jain creed. When right knowledge is possessed, one can know what virtue is and what vows he ought to keep. To hold the truth as truth and the untruth as untruth, this is true faith. To a monk, right conduct means the absolute keeping of the five great vows 3 His conduct should be perfect for he must follow the conduct laid down for him in every particular. A lay man is only expected to possess partial conduct, for so long as he is not a professed monk, he cannot be absolutely perfect in con
1. Ibid, 1, 2. 1. 21, 22. 2 Uttarādhyayana sūtra, XXXIII, 5-10.
8 (a) abstinence from killing living beings (Cf. Buddhist pānātipūta veramani), (b) avoidance of falsehood (Of. Buddhist musavādū veramani), (c) avoidance of theft ( adinnidänü veramani ), (d) freedom from possessions (Cf. Buddhist Jätaru parajatupatiggahana veramani ), and (e) chastity (For details vide Law, Indological Studies, Pt. III, pp. 248 ff.)
