Book Title: Tattvartha Sutra
Author(s): Sukhlal Sanghavi, K K Dixit
Publisher: L D Indology Ahmedabad

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________________ CHAPTER SEVEN 255 (3) Begging for shelter after proper consideration, frequently begging for shelter, fixing a limit of shelter, begging shelter from a co-religionist, eating and drinking as per permission—these five are the bhāvanās appropriate to the vrata of non-theft. (4) To refrain from the use of bedding etc. used by a woman, an animal, an impotent person, to refrain from passionate talks about women, to refrain from looking at the beautiful bodily organs of a woman, to refrain from recalling the sensuous enjoyments earlier experienced, to refrain from taking delicious food—these five are the bhāvanās appropriate to the vrata of continence. (5) To accord similar treatment to an agreeable and a disagreeable touch, an agreeable and a disagreeable taste, an agreeable and a disagreeable smell, an agreeable and a disagreeable form, an agreeable and a disagreeable sound—these five are the bhāvanās appropriate to the vrata of non-attachment for possessions. Details Concerning the Bhāvanās : (1) To cautiously move about so as not to cause inconvenience either to oneself or to others—that is attentiveness as to movement; to withdraw one's manas from evil preoccupations and to engage it in good ones—that is keeping one's manas under guard; to look for a thing, to receive it and to utilize itthese three constitute 'procuring and so to act that none of these three types or procuring is vitiated by a defect-that is attentiveness as to procuring things; to inspect a thing while receiving it or placing it somewhere and to take care of it through cleansing it of dust etc.—that is attentiveness as to receiving and placing things; to receive an eatable or a drinkable after proper inspection and likewise to consume it after proper inspection—that is proper inspection of things eaten and drunk. (2) Speaking after proper consideration—that is one bhāvanā, renunciation of anger, greed, fear, laughter---these are Jain Education International For Personal & Private Use Only www.jainelibrary.org

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