Tirthankar Mahavir and His Sarvodaya Tirth

Author(s): Hukamchand Bharilla, K C Lalwani
Publisher: Kundkund Kahan Digambar Jain Trust

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SARVODAYA TIRTHA
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hence they constitute right counsel The Jaina texts have been written as per his words. The implication of the words “righf counsel' is to have a right knowledge of these texts.
Sastra — Texts
The knowledge for which the words of the Aptas provide the inspiration is called Agama or Texts,64 The right propagation of doctrines, which never conflict with one another and which are covered by the auspicious words of the Arhantas is called Agamas 65
All the Jaina texts have been prepared on the basis of the words of the omniscient who are all detachment, which have been codified by the monks with right knowledge who tread on the road leading to detachment and so the original authorship of all these texts is attributed to the omniscient Among subsequent writers, worthy of note are the Ganadharas, Acaryas, Preceptors, monks, even Srayakas, with right outlook.66 But the authenticity of the Jaina texts is derived from the omniscient who are all detachment. Texts written by others become authentic only in so far as they coincide with the words of the omniscient.
Since the texts are the words of the Jinas, each line of these is saturated with detachment. The words which prescribe attachment and greed to be the spiritual path can never be the words of the Jinas (texts) All words of the Jinas have the same end which is detachment.67 Detachment is the supreme religion, and all the four anuyogas have lent support to it
At some places, the advice is for complete detachment, and
64 aptavacanādınıbandhanamarthajnanamagamah, Pariksāmukha, 3/95 65 tassa muhaggadavayanam puyvāvarado savirahıyam suddham agamamıdı parıkahıyam tena du kahıyā havantı taccattha
-Niyamasara, Jivadhıkāra, Gatha, 8 66 Before reading a jaina text, the following words are chanted which will
show the importance attached to these : ......midam sastram (name of the text) namadheyam asya mulagranthakartarah sri sarvajna devastaduttara grantha kartarah sri ganadharadevah pratiganadharadevāste sām vacanānusāramāsādya kundakundämnāye (name
of the author) viracıtam śrotarah sāvadhānataya srinvantu. 67 Samayayyakyā Commentary of Pancāstıkāya, Samgraha Garha, 172