CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION of the KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA
KEVALAJÑĀNAVINAYATĀPASYA-SAṄGHA THE UNIVERSAL JAIN SAṄGHA (RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY) [29 of 78]
Article 5 [1 of 1]
Parameters for promoting self-study [1 of 1]
Promoting self-study, the fourth division of the sixfold path, is underlying in this Kevalajñānavinayatāpasya-saṅgha.[1] The Jain scriptures are therefore the most important thing to acquire, preserve, translate, learn and understand. The parish is therefore trying to find a place for the Jain scripts of the translations for each language area (i.e., Italian-speaking -, German-speaking -, Rhaeta-Romance-speaking - and French-speaking part of Switzerland) for the storage of the Jain scripts or a bhāṇḍāra (library), an upāśrāya (locality of the teacher), a dharamśala (place for board and lodging for Jain laypeople, pilgrims, students and passing sādhus and sādhvīs) and meeting place of the Jain community. The parish endeavors to create these basic conditions and to promote teacher training.
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[1] vihāra = journey; Mahāvīra's journey that begins with initiation is sixfold.
"1. austerity (tapa), 2. precepts (niyama), 3. discipline (samyama), 4. self-study (svadhyaya), 5. meditation (dhyāna), and 6. mental connection (yoga) with essential duties (āvaśyaka) to pursue..." (Bhagavatī Sūtra, Śataka 18, Uddesaka 10).
- For 293 tapas (self-renunciation, restrictions) see (2) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Jñāna vinaya (viṇao) tapa [part 2] | Facebook, an enumeration of each tapa of § 30 an of (German translation) Aupapātika Sūtra 1. Upānga from the scriptures of the Sthānakavāsī Jain Order: OM-ARHAM .
- Nyama (codes)
- Saṁyama (discipline). Preventing the mind and senses from indulging in evil thoughts and sinful activities is called discipline. There are seventeen factors of discipline:
Refraining from the five activities which cause the inflow of karma, namely himsa, falsehood, stealing, lewdness and avarice (five in all).
Disciplining the four passions viz. anger, conceit, delusion and greed (four) (study them carefully according to the manual of Kaṣāya-pāhuḍa
observation of the five samitis (five).
Suppression of the evil activities of mind, speech and body (three) (for the 5 samitis and the 3 guptis see Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, Lecture 24 Jaina Sutras, Part II (SBE45): Uttarâdhyayana: Twenty-Fourth Lecture. The Samitis (sacred-texts.com) - https://sacred-texts.com/jai/sbe45/sbe4526.htm.
From another count we also get a total of seventeen factors:
Discipline relating to five types of living organisms with one sense, namely earth, water, fire, air and plant (five);
Discipline in relation to four types of multi-sensed beings, viz. bi-, tri-, quadri- and penta-sensed beings (four);
discipline regarding non-living things; discipline of perception; discipline of imagination; discipline of non-stealing; discipline of not trimming; discipline of thought; speech discipline; and action discipline (eight).
- For self-study simply study the āgamas, you will learn the 73 exercises for righteousness (Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, Lecture 29 Jaina Sutras, Part II (SBE45): Uttarâdhyayana: Twenty-Ninth Lecture. The Exertion in Righteousness (sacred-texts.com) - https://sacred-texts.com/jai/sbe45/sbe4531.htm) the 22 parīṣahas (Uttarādhyayana Sūtra, Lecture 2 Jaina Sutras, Part II (SBE45): Uttarâdhyayana: Second Lecture. On Troubles (sacred-texts.com) - https://sacred-texts.com/jai/sbe45/sbe4504.htm). One proceeds with Kundakundāchārya's Samayasāra, Nemichandras Saṃgraha-dravya, Śrīmat Pūjyapādas Sarvārthasiddhi, Umāsvāti's Tattvārthādhigama Sūtra and other related Jain scriptures Āgamas – Jain Holy Scriptures with links to download file for self study - English translation : OM-ARHAM , follow the posts on the Om-Arham Foundation website, check the uploaded files and the investigation doors, s. Table (2) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/posts/949174655140799, etc.
Cf. the questions of Somil as meeting Pārṣva in Upāṅga Puṣpikā reproduced in the third chapter Śukra, sutra 14 on page 73 with explanation on page 74 of NIRAYĀVALĪKA SŪTRA, rendered in (2) JAIN DHARM EK VEGYANIK DRSTIKON | Saṁvara [part 551] | Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/692614454130155/permalink/997552890302975.
