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Jain emblem and the "Five Vows" Mahavrata (lit. major vows) are the five fundamental observed by the Jain ascetics. Also known as the "Five Vows", they are described in detail in the Tattvartha Sutra (Chapter 7) [4] and the Acaranga Sutra (Book 2, Lecture 15). [5] According to Acharya Samantabhadra’s Ratnakaraņdaka śrāvakācāra:
The Tattvartha Sutra is regarded as one of the earliest, most authoritative book on Jainism, and the only text authoritative in both the Digambara and Śvētāmbara sects, [13] and its importance in Jainism is comparable with that of the Brahma Sutras and Yoga Sutras of Patanjali in Hinduism.
Every soul is the architect of its own life, here or hereafter. When a soul becomes freed from karmas, it gets God-consciousness (infinite knowledge, infinite perception, infinite power, and infinite bliss) and becomes liberated. Right view, Right knowledge and Right Conduct (triple gems of Jainism) provide the way to this realisation.
Ethics of Jainism Mahavratas (major vows) Ahiṃsā (non-violence) Satya (truth) Asteya (non-stealing) Brahmacarya (chastity) Aparigraha (non-possession)
5. Deśavirata: Deśa means partial and virata means vow i.e. observance of the partial vows in pursuit of Right conduct. [10] Right conduct (Major Vows) 6. Pramattasamyata: First step of life as a Jain muni (monk). [10] The stage of complete self-discipline, although sometimes brought into wavering through negligence. 7. Apramatta samyata ...
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Jain, Champat Rai (1917), The Practical Path, The Central Jaina Publishing House; Jain, Vijay K. (2012), Acharya Amritchandra's Purushartha Siddhyupaya: Realization of the Pure Self, With Hindi and English Translation, Vikalp Printers, ISBN 978-81-903639-4-5, This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain
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