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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:
Vow Meaning Five vows: 1. ahiṃsā: Not to hurt any living being by actions and thoughts 2. satya: Not to lie or speak what is not commendable. [5] 3. asteya: Not to take anything if not given. [6] 4. brahmacharya: Chastity / Celibacy in action, words and thoughts 5. Aparigraha (Non-possession) Detachment from material property. Guņa vratas ...
Jainism prescribes seven supplementary vows, including three guņa vratas (merit vows) and four śikşā vratas. [99] [100] The Sallekhana (or Santhara) vow is a "religious death" ritual observed at the end of life, historically by Jain monks and nuns, but rare in the modern age. [101]
According to Jainism, purification of soul and liberation can be achieved through the path of three jewels: [1] [2] [3] Samyak darśana (Correct View), meaning faith, acceptance of the truth of soul (jīva); [4] Samyak jnana (Correct Knowledge), meaning undoubting knowledge of the tattvas; [5] and Samyak charitra (Correct Conduct), meaning behavior consistent with the Five vows. [5]
The sāmāyika is performed for an antara-muhurta (about 48 minutes) every day.Champat Rai Jain in his book The Key of Knowledge writes:. Sāmāyika aims at the attainment of divinity through perfection in conduct, which, consisting, as it does, in the purest and most complete form of renunciation, is the sole and the immediate cause of salvation, that is of wholeness and freedom from the pain ...
The Jain Agamas enumerate five vratas (vows) which ascetics and householders must observe. [99] These ethical principles were preached by Mahavira: [ 59 ] [ 100 ] Ahimsa (Non-violence or non-injury): Mahavira taught that every living being has sanctity and dignity which should be respected as one expects one's own sanctity and dignity to be ...
Śvetāmbaras believe that Parshvanatha, the 23rd tirthankara, taught only Four restraints (a claim, scholars say is confirmed by the ancient Buddhist texts that discuss Jain monastic life). Mahāvīra taught Five vows.
The shawl was a precious possession, but such a thing was totally against the Jain principle (vow) of Aparigraha. His preceptor, Acharya Krishnasuri, tried to explain this to him, but to no avail. The acharya tore the shawl, which did not sit well with Sivabhuti. He protested, stating that if the shawl was a possession, then so were clothes.