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1] Observing equanimity by desisting from all kinds of harmful
activities in thought, word and deed (3.30) 2] Undertaking of vows (I. 11; 3.28; 3.46) 3] Self-restraint (3.4) 4] Inhibition of the inflow of karma (3.86) 5] Perception of the otherness of the soul from the body (4.73
74) 6] Abandonment of attachment to the body, passions and the
like (8/8/5,29) In this Agama, all these six constituents are found described as noticed above. There is no clear mention of the five great vows, unlike those that are found in the Sūtrakstānga.!? In this connection it should be asserted that, in the discourses of Lord Mahāvīra, the five great vows are the members in the elaboration of the principle of equanimity. The exposition of the principle of the soul is intimately related with equanimity, as in the Bhagavati the identity of the soul with equanimity has been clearly mentioned (1.426).18 This is also found in the Samayasāra (gāthā 277).19
In this chapter, the causes of the rebirth 20 and immortality?' have been described. Here spirituality has been properly explained.22 Equanimity is possible only in desisting from weapon of violence. It is not possible in the acts of violence because they are mutually incompatible. This chapter, therefore, deserves a very careful study.
References : 1. (a) Ācārānga Niryukti, gāthā 202 :
itthī sakkāraparīsaho ya do bhāvasiyalā ee.
sesā vīsam unhā parīsahā humti nāyavvā. (b) Ācārānga Vịtti, patra 136 : strīparīşahaḥ satkāraparīşahaśca
dvāvapyetau śītau, bhāvamanonukūla-tvāt, śeśāstu
punarvisatirusnā jñātavyā bhavanti, manasaḥ pratikūlatvāditi. 2. (a) Ācārānga Niryukti, găthā 203 :
je tivvapparīņamā parīsahā te bhavamti uṇhāu.
je mamdappariņāmā parisahā te bhave sīyä. (b) Ācārānga Vịtti, patra 136 : tivro - duḥsah pariņāmaḥ -
parinatiryesām te tathā, ya evambhūtāh parīsahāste usnāh, ye tu mandapariņāmāste śītā iti.
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