Sannyasa Dharma

Author(s): Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Champat Rai Jain

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SANNYASA DHARMA
the power to cure disease and relieve
suffering ; (iii) the deva şişi who can walk and move
about in the air,
and
(iv) the parama ?işi who is omniscient.
Sometimes the omniscient saint who is the lord of many wonderful powers is termed snätaka.
The Jaina saint is called śramana with reference to the bodily affliction implied in his asceticism ; and with reference to his power of controlling his senses he is termed samyala. Because he is rid of attachment (râga), he is termed veetrāga (devoid of rāga); and, inasmuch as he is homeless and possessionless, he is ano gāra. Bhadanta is the term applied to him when he attains to the realization of all his ideals, and he is dānta in so far as he is taken up with the subjugation of the five senses.
The head of the company of saints is called āchārya (leader, head, or pontiff), while the saintly preceptor of saints is the upādhyāya. The difference between the āchārya and the upadhyāya lies in this, that the former is the leader and head in respect of âchāra (conduct), while the latter is especially qualified to teach, and is in charge of instruction,