CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION of the KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA
KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA THE UNIVERSAL JAIN SAṄGHA (RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY) [21 of 78]
Article 1 [15 of 16]
Gaccha (parish) [15 of 20]
4. Spiritual aspirants can be accepted as members[1] after realization of the basic principle with the insight and performance of live and let live - live-matter (jīva - ajīva) and sow-reap (the seven tattvas and the 9 padārthas).[2] Admission can only take place with the consent of the upādhyāya. From the moment of entry, any violence and the remaining 17 errors are to be avoided. Lay people undertake to conduct themselves like Varuṇa, the son of the charioteer Nāga, or his fellow-religionist. Whoever takes the full vows commits himself, for the sake of his own soul, not to take part in a battle, but to take monk or nun of one’s own volition, without asking anyone, and walk the path of jinkalpi (i.e., clothed or not, with worn out clothes or good ones, depending on the circumstances).[3] Their domicile is the seat of the saṅgha. Any military service is excluded for them. The saṅgha currently has over 10,000 members in 59 countries.[4]
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[1] See APPENDIX VI and VII.
[2] For the details on the seven tattvas and the 9 padārthas, see Pañchāstikāyasāra by Ācārya Kuṇdakunda 200215 Pañchāstikāya Samayasāra by Kuṇdakunda ācārya: OM-ARHAM .
[3] Jinkalpi, for more details, see (3) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Saṁvara [part 590] | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/1008415719216692?comment_id=1008420642549533.
[4] As of May 25, 2023: 59 countries, namely: India, USA, Pakistan, Cambodia, United Kingdom, Indonesia, Vietnam, Canada, United Arab Emirates, Switzerland, Thailand, Australia, Kenya, Nepal, Bangladesh, Philippines, Qatar, Brazil, Nigeria, Belgium, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Ghana, Kuwait, Hong Kong, Ethiopia, Myanmar (Burma), Algeria, Italy, Turkey, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, New Zealand, Colombia, Mauritius, Russia, Argentina, Japan, France, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Singapore, Mexico, Iraq, Zambia, South Africa, Ivory Coast, Morocco, Uganda, Haiti, Peru, Latvia, Portugal, Macau, Serbia, Romania.
