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Obedience to the Austere Monks. Perpetual Activity of Knowledge, Pure Right Vision (samyak darsana).
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Humility/Discipline (vinaya). Practise of six essentials as per prescription (e. g., practice of equanimity, eulogy of 24 Tirthankaras,' obeisance, confession, suspension of bodi of bodily activity, and renunciation). Unfailing pursuit of celibacy (brahmacarya). Meditation (dhyāna). Penances (tapah). Offerings to the Apt Ones (patra-dana). Service to the distressed or ill monks (vaiya vrtya). Tranquilizing the Perturbed Monks. Unprecedented Practice of Knowledge. Devotion to Canons. Propagation of Spiritual Discipline (pravacana-pravavana).
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10 paramitas (5)
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Offerings (dana) Discipline (sila). Detachment (naiskramya) Wis dom (prajna) Exertion (virya) Forgiveness (ksanti) Truth (satya) Firmness (adhisthana) Compassion (maitri) Equanimity (upeksa)
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While there is much similarity between the 20 nimittas (of the Jainas) and the 10 paramitas (of the Buddhists), there is, however, a basic difference between the two traditions. The (would-be) Buddha is determined for the attainment of Buddha hood, and all the practices are directed to the same end. In contrast, in the Jaina tradition, all efforts (even by an would-be Tirthankara) are to be concentrated on attaining supreme indifference (vitaraga (what the Buddhists have called the Arbathood). Tirthankarahood is
