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  2. Five Vows - Wikipedia

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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:

  3. Religious vows - Wikipedia

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    Jainism also prescribes seven supplementary vows, including three guņa vratas (merit vows) and four śikşā vratas. [15] [16] The Sallekhana (or Santhara) vow is a "religious death" ritual vow observed at the end of life, historically by Jain monks and nuns, but rare in the modern age. [17]

  4. Pratima (Jainism) - Wikipedia

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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

  5. Jain terms and concepts - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Gunasthana - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Ratnatraya - Wikipedia

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    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]

  8. Jain symbols - Wikipedia

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    The five colours of the Jain flag represent the Pañca-Parameṣṭhi and the five vows, small as well as great: [5] White – represents the arihants, souls who have conquered all passions (anger, attachments, aversion) and have attained omniscience and eternal bliss through self-realisation. It also denotes peace or ahiṃsā (non-violence ).

  9. Sāmāyika - Wikipedia

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    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 ...