Cheyasutta, Cheya-sutta: 2 definitions
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: JAINpedia: GlossaryCheyasutta (啶涏啶じ啷佮い啷嵿い) (in Prakrit), or its Sanskrit form Chedas奴tra, is the name of a group of texts in the 艢vet膩mbara canon. All the texts deal with the rules mendicants should follow in monastic life and with their technicalities. The ideal to which mendicants aspire is the perfect ascetic, but in practice there are many areas where monks and nuns may make errors. The Chedas奴tras establish: 1) an exhaustive map of lapses in behaviour; 2) details of the effects of these breaches; 3) ways to compensate for errors through atonements.
The Chedas奴tras (Cheyasutta) reflect a stage in mendicant lifestyle where most monks and nuns live within a monastic unit鈥�驳补峁嘺鈥搘ith fellow-mendicants. The monastic rules thus define: 1) an individual鈥檚 behaviour in relation with other mendicants; 2) the group鈥檚 behaviour considered against other mendicant groups and wider society, represented by Jain lay men, kings and so on.
: Jainworld: Jain HistoryCheyasutta (啶涏啶じ啷佮い啷嵿い) refers to one of the six divisions of the canonical texts of the Svetambaras in Jainism.鈥擳he Cheyasuttas are six in number:
- 狈颈蝉墨丑补,
- 惭补丑腻苍颈蝉墨丑补,
- 痴补惫补丑腻谤补,
- 顿补蝉腻蝉耻测补办办丑补苍诲丑补,
- Kappa (B峁沨atkalpa),
- Pa帽cakappa (Jiyakappa)
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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