Book Title: Sachitra Tirthankar Charitra
Author(s): Amarmuni, Shreechand Surana
Publisher: Padma Prakashan

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________________ सुपार्श्व ) 74 सुविधि शीतल श्रेयांस वासुपूज्य ध्वजा 1 Worship of the Arihant Tirthankar). 2. Worship of the Siddha (liberated soul). 3. Faith in the discourses. 4. Worship of the teacher. 5. Worship of the senior ascetic. 6. Worship of the scholar 7. Worship of those who indulge in penance. 8. Continued application of knowledge for maximum possible time. 9. Purity of perception. 10. To praise the virtues of others and be happv at the progress of others. To practice the six essentials including Pratikraman (self analysis) in the prescribed way and at the prescribed time. 12. Observe all the vows and codes of conducts with ever increasing indulgence. 13. Detachment-always practice apathy for attachment, fondness, conceit, and greed. Develop the attitude of being detached. 14. To activate the potential or to practice penance with all intensity. 15. To give due importance and respect to the four pronged religious organisation. 16 To look after and take care of the detached 47. To enhance knowledge regularly. 18. To have faith on the sermons of the detached. 19. To give charity to the deserving. 20. Devotion for Tirthankar's sermon, and the discipline of the order. पदा सरोवर समुद्र In the eighth chapter of the Jnatasutra and in Avashyak Niryukti these twenty practices are mentioned. Intense practise of even one or two of these practices may lead to the earning of Tirthankar-nam-karma. In the Mahapuran and the Tattvarth Sutra their is a mention of sixteen practices of feelings or attitudes. These encompass all the above twenty practices. Importance has been given to spiritual practices in both these sets of practices. विमानभवन रत्न राशि निधूम अग्नि परिशिष्ट . (868) Appendix 2 o -Omr®-= मल्लि मुनिसुव्रत नमि अरिष्टनेमि । महावीर Jain Education Internationar 2010_03 For Private & Personal use only www.jainelibrary.org

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