Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

Author(s): Hemchandracharya, Helen M Johnson
Publisher: Oriental Research Institute Vadodra

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did not make use of their powers at all; for people seeking moksa are indifferent to things close at hand.
Now the Master Vajranābha acquired strong Tirthakrtbody-making and family-karma by the twenty sthanakas 117 as follows. Of these the first is by worship of the Arhats and Arhat-statues, and by hymns of praise containing true events, avoiding blasphemy. The second is the celebration in words of the true state of emancipation with festivals of watching in the places where the siddhas attained perfection. The third sthānaka is kindness to yatis who are young, sick, students, etc., and affection for the scriptures. The fourth sthānaka is the showing of great devotion to gurus by gifts of food, medicine, clothes, etc., and by making salutation. The fifth is devotion to sthaviras, i.e., those who have been initiated for twenty years, those sixty years old, and the learned. The sixth is the showing of affection by gifts of food, clothes, etc., to those having more learning than oneself in regard to interpretation.'18 The seventh is tenderness to ascetics making protracted penance by the gift of devotion and rest. The eighth is the acquisition of knowledge of both text and meaning of the twelve angas of the scriptures by daily questions, reciting, etc. The ninth is right-belief, free from the faults of doubt, etc.,119 adorned with the qualities of firmness, etc.,120 characterized by
127 882. There are useful discussions of these in Āva. 176-8, p. 161 and Pravac. 310-19, pp. 82 f.
118 888. According to the Āva. p. 161, learning in regard to interpretation is more esteemed than in regard to the text.
110 891. The faults of right belief in addition to doubt (sankā) are: acceptance of other doctrines (kānksā); hate of the Tirthankaras' speech (vicikitsā); praise of false doctrine (mithyadrştipraśaisana); acquaintance with false doctrine (samstava). Yog. 2. 17.
120 891. The guņas are : firmness in Jain doctrine (sthairya); promulgation of Jain doctrine (prabhāvanā); devotion to Jain doctrine (bhakti); expertness in it (kausala); service to the tirthas (tīrthasevā). The tirtha is either dravyatīrtha, places where the TīsthakȚts were