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A 'Treatise on Jainism Truth and ultimately to become fit to be a teacher of the Path to Liberation.
Six Daily Duties. Every Jain house-holder is ordinarily required to perform the following six daily duties :(1) Deva-Puja. Worship of the Arbats, the
adorables. (2) Guru Bhakti. Devotion to the Gurus or
Preceptor-Saints. (3) Svadhyaya. Study of the Scriptures. (4) Samyama. Control of the five senses and
the mind. In practising Samyam, it is. necessary to renounce certain objects of
enjoyments with the idea of self-control. (5) Tapa. Austerities such as meditating upon
the nature of Soul, every morning and
evening, for a fixed time. (6) Dana or Charity. Giving of (a) food,
(b) knowledge, (c) medicine, and (d) protection.
The causes and processes of mundane ailments are adumbrated in the Jaina Karma Philosophy. Their remedies are the 11 Stages (Pratimas) of the house-holder's life; and the vows, common to the house-holder and the
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