Exposition of Pratikramana Sutra

SR No.: 007574
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Rati Dodhia
Publisher: Rati Dodhia
Publication Year: 2009
Total Pages: 105
Language: English, Gujarati
Classification: Book_English, Ritual_text, & Ritual
File Size: 933 KB

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Exposition of Pratikramana Stotras
seventeenth is deceitful speech (mäyä-mrushävada) and eighteenth is false belief, belief in wrong god, teacher and religion (mithyätva).
એ અઢાર પાપસ્થાનકમાહે મારે જીવે જે કોઈ પાપ સેવ્યું હોય, સેવરાવ્યું હોય, સેવતાં પ્રત્યે અનુમોઘું હોય, તે સવિ હું મને, વચને અને કાયાએ કરી મિચ્છામિ દુક્કડં.
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ae adhära, päpasthänakamahen, mahäre jive, je koi papa sevayun hoi, sevrävyun hoi, sevatän pratye anumodhyu hoi, te savi hun mane, vachane käyae kari, michchhämi dukkadam. If I have indulged or have promoted or encouraged any such sinful act by others or praised the person who has committed any one of these eighteen categories of sin, either mentally, verbally or physically, may those sinful deeds be forgiven and become fruitless.
Explanation: Amongst the faults to be confessed are all forbidden things done and all duties left unattended, all infringements of the twelve vows (bärä vrata), all offences against the three spiritual jewels (ratnatraya), all evil effects of possessions (parigraha) and undertakings (ärambha), all actions motivated by passions (kashaya), all partiality for false creeds and dissemination of false dogmas, and all wrongs done in the course of one's daily business or household duties.
Let us now consider in detail the number of violations one may commit under the influence of the 18 categories of sins. They are (108x18)=1944.
How did we arrive to number 108?
1. Activity (yoga): Activities are of 3 types (i) in thoughts, (ii) by words or (iii) by physical actions.
2. The stage: There are 3 types of stages of activity, (i) in planning (samrambha), (ii) in the act of preparation (samärambha) or (iii) the actual commencement (ärambha) of the act.