CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION of the KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA
KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA THE UNIVERSAL JAIN SAṄGHA (RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY) [20 of 78]
Article 1 [14 of 16]
Gaccha (parish) [14 of 20]
3. Oversight of the parish-bookkeeping and associated foundation(s) owned or sponsored by the parish is provided by a board, called Sanatkumāra Council,[1] of 1-3 members elected by the parish council. A śramaṇopaśaka (upāsaka or upāsikā) from the 7th upaśakapratimā is to be elected for the post of supervision of the foundation, who actively and financially participates in the development of the Kevalajñānavinayatapasya-saṅgha[2] and maintains the separation of powers between church and state.[3] The election is valid only after confirmation by the upādhyāya (teacher) of the parish. The upādhyāya is authorized to exempt the Board of Trustees from an audit. In case of vacancy of the post, the upādhyāya takes charge.[4] The church community has not to be without upādhyāya.[5]
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[1] The Sanatkumāra Council gets its name because in case of disagreement, the verdict of this council is accepted by all members without anger etc. The name is given on the model of Cakravarti Sanatkumāra, who said before his death: “Sirs Doctors, human illnesses are twofold, physical and mental. Anger, conceit, deceit and greed are men's spiritual diseases, which produce endless suffering, leading to a thousand births. If you are able to heal it, then heal it by all means; but when you heal physical diseases, look only at these!” Qualities such as the insight into the transience of youth and beauty, justice, etc. are listed in the Triṣaṣṭiśalākāpuruṣacaritra Vol. III, Chapter VII SANATKUMĀRACAKRICARITRA.
[2] By donating to the foundation, keeping at least one share of the OM-ARHAM foundation in the portfolio or by contributing to the development of the Kevalajñānavinayatapasya-saṅgha.
[3] For the UPĀŚAKAPRATIMĀS or the 11 PRATIMĀS OF THE LAYMAN see APPENDIX I
for the wording from the āgamas, see Māhavīra's Sermon pp. 77-78, § 57 of Aupapātika Sūtra 1. Upānga from the Writings of the Sthānakavāsī Jain Order : OM-ARHAM , and excerpt from Upāśakadāśasūtra 'Accepting the Household Vows of Anand Gathapati' pages 31-60, sutra 13-87, rendered in Saṁvara [part 147-168], see (2) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Saṁvara [part 147] | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/885992278125704.
For exposing the 11 pratimās as the intersection between Jain laypeople and Jain ascetics in Stevensen Sinclair's The Heart of Jainism, pp. 221-225 rendered in (3) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Saṁvara [part 131] | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/873943952663870; see also Upāśakadāśasūtra ‘Saṁvara [part 168-170]’ https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/886012988123633; and Illustrated Chhed Sūtra, Daśāśrutaskandha Sūtra, sixth daśā, Padma Prakashan, Delhi 2005, p. 71-97 (German translation) Daśāśrutaskandha Sūtra, 3. Chheda Sūtra : OM-ARHAM - https://www.om-arham.org/file/view/8395/dasasrutaskandha-sutra-3-chheda-sutra.
For the effectiveness of the separation of powers only from the 7th pratimā, see Śakra's previous life as Kārtika Śeth, who practiced the 5th pratimā 100 times (i.e., he advanced no further than this pratimā) in part [2 of 24 ] of (20+) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Saṁvara [part 3218] | Facebook . AΩ
[4] According to the scriptures, the Jain church community must not be without upādhyāya (guru), see also § 4.
[5] S. PROVISION REGARDING FITNESS FOR POST OF UPĀDHYĀYA ETC : OM-ARHAM .
