Studies in the Bhagavati Sutra

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

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456 STUDIES IN THE BHAGAWATI SOTRA (Ch. VII example, they maintained that Jiva (soul) of the being (dehi) existing in the acts of killing, telling lie upto wrong attitude of mind (i. e, eighteen sinful acts) was other than the soul and Jivātmā was another, etc.
Followers of Lord Pārsvanātha's order
There existed a number of monks of Lord Pārsvanātha's order following Cāturyāma Dharma during the time of Lord Mahāvīra who absorbed them into his order by converting them to his doctrine of Paficamahāvratas (five great vows). Among them Kālāsavesiyaputta Gāngeya', Kāliyaputta, Mehila, Anandarakṣita, Kāsava, Keśīsvāmin' and others find mention as wandering teachers preaching the religion of Cāturyāma to the people. Dissension and First Schismi in the Nirgrantha Order led by Jamali
The Bhs throws an important light upon the first schism in the Nirgrantha order and the birth of Jamāli's sect out of his doctrinal difference with his Guru, Lord Mahāvīra in his life time. During his stay together with five hundred followers at the Kosthala Caitya in Srāvasti, Jamālī fell ill and asked for a bed from them. He thought that he could not yet use tbis bed which was being prepared, so was action, when it was being done, it was not done. But Lord Mahāvīra explained that all actions, as soon as they were begun, were as good as already done. This doubt led the prince-ascetic to entertain ideas different from that of the community and finally this doctrinal difference resulted in the first schism led by Jamāli" in the Nirgrantha order.
9 I6, 9, 32, 371.
i Bhs, 7, 2, 597. 4 16, 2, 5, 110.
· Ib, 1, 9, 75. 51b, 9, 33, 386-7.