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TRANSGRESSIONS OF RIGHT BELIEF
danger threatens the body, he tries to avert it in a righteous manner without violating his vows. In case it is not possible to avert danger to the body, he tries to safeguard his vows at least. How can such a procedure be called suicide ? :
It has been said that a votary is free from stings. Wrong belief is the third kind of sting. Therefore, the votary who is a right believer ought to be free from stings. Is right belief free from transgressions or not? Sometimes owing to delusion these transgressions occur. शङ्काकासाविचिकित्साऽन्यदृष्टिप्रशंसासंस्तवाः सम्यग्दृष्टेरतीचाराः ॥ २३ ॥ Sankākānkşāvicikitsanyadsstiprašamsāsainstavāḥ samyagdrșteralīcārāḥ
(23) 23. Doubt in the teachings of the Jina, desire for worldly enjoyment, repugnance or disgust at the afflicted, admiration for the knowledge and conduct of the wrong believer and praise of wrong believers, are the five transgressions of the right believer.
Freedom from doubt etc. have been explained under the sutra 'Darsanavisuddhi' (VI, 24). Doubt etc. are the opposites of those qualities. What is the distinction between admiration and praise ?. Admiration is attributing knowledge and conduct to the wrong believer in one's own mind. Expression of existent or non-existent qualities is praise. This is the difference between the two. Now eight' qualities have been mentioned for right belief. Should not the opposites, namely transgressions, also be eight? No, it is not necessary. The author lays down five, transgressions each for primary vows and supplementary vows. Hence here also be mentions only five transgressions, including the rest under admiration and praise.
The transgressions of the right believer (right belief) have been mentioned. Are there transgressions for vows and supplementary vows also ? Yes. The number of the transgressions is indicated in the next sutra.
- व्रतशीलेषु पञ्च पञ्च यथाक्रमम Vratašileşu pañca pañca yathākramam (24)
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