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JAINA PENANCE
measures, must be treated with chheda It is also given for those who have merited severer penance than fasting, but who have not deserved reordination (müla).
The following are some of the occasions for the enforcement of this form of penance :
Faults
For leaving the sangha (company of saints) and for moving about alone1
For falling away from the true saintly path, and roaming about in different unsaintly or less saintly (lax) styles
For keeping the company of unsaintly sadhus by one who pulls himself up readily again after a slip
(1) if he return within six months (2) If after six months' For failure to apologise after a fault (when the saint remains in the sangha)
(1) in the case of an ordinary saint
(2) for a specially qualified or learned saint (8) for an acharya*
For leaving the sangha without apologising for the fault committed (1) for an ordinary saint
(2) in the case of an advanced or specially qualified saint (3) in the case of an acharya"
1 227. * $ 228-229
Period of chheda
As much time as the pe
nitent has lived away As much time as the transgressor remains Away from the true saintly path
Tapa penance. Chheda (for the whole length of the penod of absence)
5 days for every 24 hours delay,
10 days for every 24 hours' delay,
16 days for every 24 hours'
delay
10 days for every 24 hours' delay, 15 days for every 2 hours' delay,
20 days for every 24 hours' delay
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• § 280 - Ś 231-238
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