Trishasti Shalaka Purusa Caritra Part 1

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

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pure meditation every minute and every second, with avoidance of negligence. The fourteenth sthāna is constant penance, according to ability, without injury to mind and body. The fifteenth is sharing of food, etc., with ascetics, according to ability, with purity of mind, speech, and body. The sixteenth sthāna is the rendering of service by food, drink, etc., to the ten persons, ācārya, etc.128 The seventeenth sthāna is enabling the fourfold congregation to concentrate their minds in meditation by warding off all evils. The eighteenth sthāna is the
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from āpucchaņa, which is sayarikarane. In the commentary the more usual explanation is also given.
8. Chandană (chandanā), invitation'; e.g., if a Sādbu returns from begging food, he is to invite the other Sadhus, who remained at home, to share his meal.
9. Nimantanā (nimantraņā), 'making an offer'; e.g., if a Sadhu has no food for himself, he is, on going to beg, to ask the other Sādhus whether he may bring some for them. The Uttar. again has a variation. Here it substitutes abbhutthana (abhyutthana) which it explains as gurupājā in the text.* The com. interprets it also as equal to nimantranā.
10. Uvasampayā (upasampat), 'receiving initiation'; i.e., if any one goes foram carya to receive from him initiation or further instruction in matters of knowledge, faith, and conduct, he is to acknowledge himself as his disciple (sisya).
123 898. The 10 persons entitled to service are: ācārya (head of a group of monks); upādhyāya. (preceptor); sthavira (a monk 60 years old, or one who has been initiated 20 years, or a very learned monk); tapasvin (ascetic); glāga (a sick monk); śaikșaka (a young monk); sādharmika (a co-religionist); kula (a group of sects); gana (a group of kuras); sanghą (a group of ganas). Aup. 20, p. 43. Sth. 397, p. 299. Ava. 176-78, p. 161b. The interpretation of sādhar. mika varies from that of any one professing the same religion tôm the narrow definition of one who follows the same detailed practices. These 10 persons are entitled to 13 kinds of service : giving of food; of drink; giving a seat; supplying anything that may be lacking in his equipment; cleansing the feet; giving of clothes ; giving of medicine ; escort on the road; protection from rogues, thieves, etc.; taking the staff when he enters the house; and 3 kinds of sanitary service. Āva. p. 16ıb.