Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

Author(s): J C Sikdar
Publisher: Research Institute of Prakrit Jainology & Ahimsa Mujjaffarpur

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STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SUTRA
atonement after self-analysis of faults (pratikurvaka), non-teller of or discloser of the discussed faults to others (aparisravi), performer of partial atonement (niryapaka) (if unable to perform at a time) and visualizer of the future destruction or calamity or the next world (Avayadarsi).
Sāmācārī (Customary practice)
The BS, mentions ten kinds of Samācāri (customary practice of the monks), viz (1) Iccha (desire or inclination), (2) Mithya (perversion of right attitude), (3) Tathakara (blind following, as yes man), (4) Avaśyaki (religious duty), (5) Naisadhika (renunciation of sinful deeds or prohibitive conduct or practice), (6) Aprechana (asking question in the work), (7) Pratiprechana (reasking question about the previous prohibited work), (8) Chandana (request for meal accepted in the past), (9) Nimantrana (invitation to food), and (10) Upasampacca (Kala) the act of entering or joining the order of monks (Buddhas) coming to the other Acarya for attaining knowledge.
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Expiation (Prayaścitta)
There are prescribed ten kinds of expiation for the purification of oneself who has committed sinful deeds so that he may attain the state of equanimity and mental peace and progress in his path of spiritualism. They are as follows:(1) Alocana (expiation by confession, discussion and self analysis of sinful act committed), (2) Pratikramana (retracing from sinful deed and repentance), (3) Tadubhaya (the acts of both discussion and self-analysis and retracing from the sinful act and repentance), (4) Viveka (giving up impure food, etc.), (5) Vyutsarga (complete detachment from the body), (6) Tapah (the act of austerity), (7) Cheda (reduction of monastic seniority), (8) Mula (complete re-initiation) (9) Anavasthapya (a kind of hard expiation for the serious crime committed by a person who cannot be initiated again) and (10) Parañcika (the expiation which demands suspension of monkhood).'
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