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status of the religious present. The ten characteristic prohibitions; importance of the prohibition of commensality; unavoidable circumstances, parihara and the eremitical life. Service of the ayariya and of the aṇuparihariya; the latter helps exclusively in obtaining correct conduct, the former .in perfecting knowledge and faith. Unresolved points. Comparison with various Buddhist and Brahmanic penances.."
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CHAPTER VIII. SEVENTH AND EIGHTH ATONEMENTS: PARTIAL AND RADICAL SUPPRESSION OF RELIGIOUS SENIORITY (cheya, cheda, mula). Comparison with the ninth and tenth atonements. Repercussions on the religious life of the individual and of the community. Examples of cheya; incertitude of the tradition. Comparison with the Buddhist paticchannaparivāsa. Example of mula. CHAPTER IX. NINTH AND TENTH ATONEMENTS: DEMOTION AND EXCLUSION
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(aṇayatthaya, anavasthaya, pāṛañciya, parāñcita). Circumstances. Resemblances between the two Effective banishment of the penitent; service of the ayariya and of the ganavaccheiya, reinstatement ceremonial; dispensations. Comparison with the last two atonements recognised by the Digambaras. Connections between the sixth, ninth and tenth atonements; comparison with the life lived according to the jinakappiya way.
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CONCLUSION
Coherence, unresolved points and contradictions in the disciplinary system of the Jainas. Humanity and moderation of the teachers. Benefits of community life. Individual perfection and unselfish aḥnegation.
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