Samayik And Chaityavandan Vidhi

Author(s): Manu Doshi
Publisher: Manu Doshi

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Yoga, Nyäy cum Vaisheshik, Mimänsak and Chärväk. Jainism covers the main points of the latter five and therefore it is termed here the foremost.
It would be seen from the above discussion that this Sutra constitutes a prayer that can be acceptable to every devotee. It has, however, remained only in Shwetambar Murtipujak tradition, and in that tradition it is recited as a part of Chaitya Vandan only. Really, it should be a part of the daily routine for everyone. Why other traditions have not adopted it, can be explained only by the sense of anathema with which we are used to look to anything not belonging to our own tradition.