Abrahmavarjanapratima, 础产谤补丑尘补惫补谤箩补苍补辫谤补迟颈尘腻, Abrahma-varjana-pratima: 1 definition
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: archive.org: Jaina Yoga础产谤补丑尘补惫补谤箩补苍补辫谤补迟颈尘腻 (啶呧が啷嵿ぐ啶灌啶さ啶班啶溹え啶啶班い啶苦ぎ啶�) refers to 鈥渢he stage of absolute continence鈥� and represents the sixth of eleven 辫谤补迟颈尘腻蝉 (stages of spiritual progress) according to 艢vet膩mbara. In Digambara, the sixth 辫谤补迟颈尘腻 is known as 谤腻迟谤颈-产丑补办迟颈 and in 膧va艣yakac奴r峁噄 as 蝉补肠颈迟迟补-迟测腻驳补.鈥擨n this 辫谤补迟颈尘腻 according to the Pa帽c膩艣aka the layman is to avoid not only all physical contact with a woman, but he is never to allow himself to be alone with a woman, nor to engage in conversation about women; and he must also avoid any care for his personal appearance or for the clothes and ornaments he wears.
The Digambaras take the opportunity here to stress the value of meditation on the impurity of the human body (the literature is very rich in verses on this theme) and the inborn wickedness of women, as an aid to carrying out this 辫谤补迟颈尘腻, in which of course are also comprised the cessation of all sexual activity and the extinction of all desire.
The word 辫谤补迟颈尘腻 means a statue and is used in another specifcally Jaina sense to designate the 办腻测辞迟蝉补谤补. The medieval 腻肠腻谤测补蝉, however, quite plainly conceive of the 辫谤补迟颈尘腻蝉 (e.g., abrahma-varjana-辫谤补迟颈尘腻) as performing a regular progressing series in Amitagati鈥檚 words, a 蝉辞辫腻苍补-尘腻谤驳补, a ladder on each rung of which the aspirant layman is to rest for a number of months proportionate to its place on the list before he is fit to supplement and reinforce his acheivement by the practice of the succeeding stage.
Jainism is an Indian religion of Dharma whose doctrine revolves around harmlessness (ahimsa) towards every living being. The two major branches (Digambara and Svetambara) of Jainism stimulate self-control (or, shramana, 鈥榮elf-reliance鈥�) and spiritual development through a path of peace for the soul to progess to the ultimate goal.
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