Practical Dharma

SR No.: 011122
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Champat Rai Jain
Publisher: Indian Press
Publication Year: 1929
Total Pages: 123
Language: English
Classification: Book_English
File Size: 8 MB

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SAMVARA
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5. The endurance, with equanimity and cheerfulness, of the twenty-two forms of hardship (parīşaha) consequent on (i) hunger, (ii) thirst, (iii) cold, (iv) heat, (v) insect-bite, (vi) nakedness, (vii) disagreeable surroundings, (viii) sex-passion, (ix) pain arising from the duty to be moving about, (x) discomfort caused by the observance of rules as regards sitting or lodging in certain kinds of places, (xi) suffering due to the observance of regulations concerning sleeping, (xii) abuse, (xiii) ill-treatment, (xiv) begging, (xv) disappointment from getting no food, (xvi) disease, (xvii) thorn-pricks, (xviii) bodily dirt and impurities, (xix) disrespect shown by men, (xx) non-appreciation of learning, (xxi) persistence of ignorance, and (xxii) the existence of causes which tend to interfere with faith,
6. Right conduct which includes :(a) five kinds of spiritual purity,
(i) equanimity, (ii) penalties for faults arising from inadvertence, or negli
gence, on account of which one loses equanimity, (iii) refraining from himsā, (iv) control of passions, and (v) contemplation of one's own ātman;
and
(b) observance of vows-ahimsa, truthfulness, non-stealing, celi
bacy and non-attachment to the objects of the senses. In connection with samvara, it is important to note that a full acquaintance with the subject of asrava is necessary to avoid confusion of thought, in reference to the determination of the rules of proper conduct. We have already dealt with this subject in a general way in the fourth chapter, but as it is of paramount importance to be acquainted with the special causes of specific karmas, we shall enter into a more detailed description of them here.
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