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Hardships - • Mārgāacyavananirjararthami parisodhavyāhāparīsa
hāh |8 | Those troublesome circumstances, which must be born for not
deviating from the path (of spiritual salvation) and for separtion of the bonded karma from the soul are called * Parīsaha’or hardships (of monastic life). (8)
Ksutpipāsāśītosnadamśamasakanāgnyāratistrīcaryā nisadyāśayyākrośavadhayācanālābharogatrnasparsa
malasatkārapuraskāraprajñājñānādarśanāni || 9 || The twenty-two hardships (of monastic life) are - 1. Hunger,
2. Thirst, 3. Cold, 4. Heat, 5. Insect bite, 6. Nakedness, 7. Dislike or aversion, 8. Women, 9. Routine, 10. Seating, 11. Bedding, 12. Resentment, 13. Hurt or beating, 14. Begging, 15. Loss, 16. Disease, 17. Grass-touch, 18. Filth, 19. Honour and reward, 20. Intellect, 21. Ignorance and 22. Non-conation. (9) Sūksmasamparāyacchadmasthavitarāgayoścaturdaśa
|| 10 || • Ekādaśa Jine || 11 || .. Bādarasamparāye sarve || 12 || • Jiānāvarane prajiajiāne || 13 || Fourteen afflictions are possible for the spiritual practitioners at the
stages of spiritual development called Sūksmasamparāya or subtle passioned stage and Chadmastha vītarāga or detached non-omniscient stage. Eleven afflictions are possible for the embodied omniscients. In the spiritual stage of gross passions all the afflictions are possible. On the fructification of knowledge obscuring karma, the afflictions pertaining to intellect and ignorance occur. (10-13)
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