Religious Prayascittas according to old Jaina Ritual

Author(s): Collete Caillat
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THE RELIGIOUS' PRĀYAŚCITTAS : 103
......āloyaventi te u tikkhutto saris'attham apaliuncī visarisa pariņāmato kunci
(VavBh 1, 137 = NisBh 6 395).
According to VavBhT, there are three types of aloyana : (1) the vihār'a.; (2) the uvasampayâ. (upasampad-a.); (3) the avaräh'a. (aparūdh'a.). The first one is that of the religious life, which is thus laid open : vihāram..prakațayanti (VavŢ II 17 a 6); from the commentaries, we learn that it is the a. addressed by the monk to the superior of his own sambhoga. It takes place at regular intervals, and can be considered as the regular confession
The other two occur in special circumstances. The second is that of the monk who, leaving his own gana, wishes to join another company, where he is asked to state his reasons for so doing; the third aloyană is that of an offence by a bhikkhu who has come from another gana for this very purpose.
All three can be enunciated globally or point by point, oghena vibhāgena ca.67 In fact, the global à. is not resorted to except in cases of emergency;68 othervise, it is allowed only in the vihār'āloyanā, if the incurred atonement does not last more than 25 days.69
The length of the confession, the proper time for it, differ according to the type.70 Except for the detailed avarāh'a., it does not matter whether the day is auspicious or not.71
The order according to which the offences are recalled is fixed : first the transgressions of the mūlaguna, then of the uttaraguna etc.72
The commentators give further details about each of the three sorts of confessions. The sambhoiya monks who come in view of the vihar'āloyanā should arrive when the residents have just begun their meal. Thus, they will take it all together, either after the confession if the aloyanā is a global one that is in case the monks are liable to a 25 days atonement at the very most), or before the aloyanā if it is detailed (the monks having incurred more than 25 days).
67 VavŢ II 17 b; Bh 1, 52; 62. 68 Cf. similar rules among the Buddhists, Vin 1, 112 f.; 168. 69 VavŢ II 21 a 9 f.; 11 f.; Bh 1, 52. 70 VavBh 1, 53 = NisBh 6 315. 71 VavBh 1, 54; Ţ II 18 b. 72 Compare the Buddhist Vinaya 1, 112.