Spiritual Discipline and Practices in Jainism

Author(s): Bhagchandra Jain
Publisher: Z_Vijyanandsuri_Swargarohan_Shatabdi_Granth_012023.pdf

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- Dharmapiyusasravakacara
35.Brahmanemidatta (1530 A.D.) 36. Rajamalla (1584 A.D.) 37.Sivakoti (17th C. ?) 38.Somasena (1610 A.D.) 39. Kunthsagar (20th C.)
- Latisamhita - Ratnamala - Traivarnikacara- Sravakadharmapradipa
Sravaka (householder) is one who listens to the Dharma with full faith from the Acaryas." Asadhara is of view that he should be a devotee to the Pancaparamesthis, their worshiper, bhedavijnani, and observer of Mulagunas and Uttaragunas.26 Haribhadrasuri has devoted an entire chapter, the second one in the Dharmabindu which narrates the fundamental qualities of the householder. He is followed by Amitagati, Asadhara, Hemacandra and other Jainacaryas. Jinamandana compiled such qualities from these sources which are worth mentioning as follows.
1. Nyayasampanna vaibhava (possessed of honestly earned wealth), 2. Prasamsaka (admirer of the conduct of the virtuous), 3. Kulasilasamaih sardham anyagotrajaih krtodvaha (wedded to a spouse of the same caste and traditions but not of the same gotra), 4. Papabhiru (apprehensive of sin), 5. prasiddham desacaram samacaram (following the reputable custom of the country), 6. avarnavadi na kvapi rajadisu visesatah (not denegrating other people, particularly rulers), 7. anativyakte gupte shane suprativesmike anekanir gamadvar avivar jitaniketam (dwelling in a place which is not too exposed and not too enclosed, with good neighbours and few exits), 8. Sadacaraih krtasanga (attached to good moral standards), 9.matapitroh pujaka (honouring paents), 10. upaplutam sthanam tyajan (abstaining from a place of calamity), 11. grahtite pravrtta (not engaging in a reprehensible occupation), 12. vyayam ayocitam kurvam (spending in proportion to one's income), 13. vesma vittanusarato kurvam (dressing in accordance with one's income), 14. astabhir dhigunair yukta (endowed with the eight kinds of intelligence dharman anvaham srnvan (listening every day to the sacred doctrine), 16. ajirne bhojanatyagam (avoiding eating on a full stomach), 17. kale bhokta satmyatah (eating at the right time according to a dietary regimen), 18. anyonya pratibandhenatrivargam sadhyan (fulfilling the threefold aim of life
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