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(1) Vinaya-discipline (2) Vinaya-self-control, śīla, good conduct. (3) Vinaya---namratā (modesty) good behaviour.
Ācārya Abhayadeva wrote in Sthānānga-vrtti --Vinaya removes all the eight type of karmans and by it soul gets salvation.'
In the vrtti of the Pravacanasāroddhāra, it has been suggested that Vinaya refers to the removal of the karmas which lead to affliciions and which are enemies of the soul.
In the āgama literature like the Bhagavati, distinctions have been made of the Vinaya : (1) Darśana Vinaya (2) Jñana Vinaya (3) Căritra Vinaya (4) Mana Vinaya (5) Vacana Vinaya (6) Kāya Vinaya and () Lokopacāra Vinaya.
Vinaya (modesty) and formal courtesy or flattery (cāpalūsi) are diametrically opposed to each other. In the vinaya there is sincerity and the openness of the heart, but courtesy expresses only formality. It may not have sincerity. On the contrary, it may have veiled hypocrisy.
) VAIYYAVRTYA (SERVETUDE)
Vaiyyāvrtya refers to protection and service of things and individuals leading to the attainment of the righteousness. Through service, it is possible to be free from the Nāma and Gotra karma.3 Service to the diseased persons, the sādhus and the ācāryas leads us towards Nirjarā. Real and devoted service leads us to the freedom from the wheel of saṁsāra.4
Sthānānga mentions eight commandments and out of these two refer to the service to humanity,5
In the Bhagavatī sūtras ten types of vaiyyāvrtya has been suggested.
1 Sthānānga, 6, Țīkā. 2 (a) Bhagavati 25, 7 (b) Sthānānga 7 (c) Aupapātika, tapuvarṇana. 3 Uttarādhyayana 29, 3 4 Sthānānga 5, 1 5 Sthānānga 8 6 (a) Bhagavati 35, 7 (b) Sthānanga 10
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