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into two parts --(i) The exterior or physical austeritiy and (ii) the Interior or mental austerity. These austerities help the soul to get a clear insight into the real nature of things. The external austerities or (bāhya tapas) consist in controlling the physical nature of man. The six exterior austerities consist in fasting — (Anasana Vrata-rata aa), Unodari - avoidance of full meals, Vțittisarikṣepa — limiting the diet from the points of view of Dravya, Kāla (times), Kşetra (places) and Bhāva, postures; renunciation of pala table articles and dainty dishes (Rasatyāga), endurace of physical troubles regarding the hot and the cold, avoidance of temptation by control (samlinatā) over the operations of the sense organs on their respective objects.
The other part of austerities is interior austerity which prepares an individual to detach himself from the external allurements and to prevent the further influx of the Karmic matter. It also helps the gradual purgation of the mind of the seeker of liberation. The interior austerity is known as the Antar-tapas. The interior tapas consists in confession, humility, charity, swadhyāya (intensive study), discrimination between the soul and non-soul, and meditation (dhyāna) and penance or repentance for the blunders (pramāda) that he has committed through negligence. The exterior and the interior austerities! constitute the ethical code of the Jain sadhus or the seekers of liberation. These austerities purify the individuals by burning the undesirable elements which
Nahar and Ghosh : An Epitome of Jainism, pp. 591-596.
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