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for a few minor variations, the order followed by almost half the number of sādhvis. Among the Murtipūjāka sādhvis, the order is rather different and follows, with no important changes, the order described in the Avaśyaka-cūrņi.12
A - The main sūtras
1. First āvaśyaka: sāmāyika The sămāyika-sútra: sūtra of equanimity
"Master, I make [the vow of) sāmāyika, I renounce all blame worthy activity;13 my whole life long, I will do (none) of the three sorts [of blameworthy activities), of mind, speech and body; I will not incite others to do them, nor will I approve them. 14 Master, I repent (of past faults], I abhor them, I condemn them, I abjure my åtman (as regards all reprehensible action it has committed)."15
consult her, has herself put into writing the order of rite observed by her own gaccha which forms a part of the Sthānakavāsis.
12 Cf. Sukhlal, 1921. In the course of Part III the main differences between the three Svetāmbara traditions have been indicated. In this section, those which concern the rite in question receive further mention.
13 Sāvajjaṁ jogam (sävadyam yogam): the reprehensible activities that create bad karmas, those which produce rāga, vehement desire or dveșa, hatred. This vow, renewed morning and evening, attests vigilance in a constant effort towards purification, an effort which will lead to radical change, as the state of impurity due to faults committed is replaced by a state of total purity.
14 1.e.: when others commit such faults, I will reprove them.
15 karemi bharte! sāmāiyam, savvas sāvajjam jogam paccakkhāmi
jāvajjivāe, livihaṁ tiviheņaṁ, maņeņam vāyāe kāenań, na karemi na kāravemi karemtam pi annaṁ na samanujäņāmi, tassa bharte! padikkamāmi
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