Jain Texts

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• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22) Index

  | The Consecration of Mahavira, [1404], from Gujerati manuscript of the Kalpa Sutra (Public Domain in the US per Bridgeman vs. Corel). |…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Contents
• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Errata

  Errata page 32: 'hisself'->'himself' page 134: 'preterite'->'preterit' page 182: 'sarcophagues'->'sarcophaguses' page 185…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Introduction

  This is a scholarly introduction to a Victorian-era translation of Jain sacred texts, written by Indologist Hermann Jacobi as part of the…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the G<...

  This is a canonical religious genealogical text from Jainism — specifically a section of the *Kalpa Sūtra* (part of the Jaina Sutras…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the G<...

  Since the time that the Arhat Nami died, &c. (all down to) freed from all pains, 584,979 years have elapsed, this is the eightieth year 1…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Index

  This is a back-matter index from *Jaina Sutras, Part II* (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 22), translated by Hermann Jacobi and published in…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Arishtanemi

  This is a hagiographic passage from the Jaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 22), translated by Hermann Jacobi in 1884, belonging…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Mahâvîra, Lecture 1

  Obeisance to the Arhats! Obeisance to the Liberated Ones! Obeisance to the Religious Guides!

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Mahâvîra, Lecture 2

  This is a passage from the Kalpa Sutra, a canonical Jain scripture narrating the birth of Mahavira, the 24th and final Tirthakara…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Mahâvîra, Lecture 3

  In that night in which the embryo of the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra was removed from the womb of the Brâhmanî Devânandâ of the…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Mahâvîra, Lecture 4

  This is a passage from the Kalpa Sutra, a canonical Jain sacred text in the tradition of the Agamas (Jain scriptures), translated by…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Mahâvîra, Lecture 5

  In that night in which the Venerable Ascetic Mahâvîra was born, there was a divine lustre originated by many descending and ascending gods…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Pârsva

  This is a sacred biographical account of Pārsva, the twenty-third Tirthankara (ford-maker) of Jainism, drawn from the Jaina Sutras as…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Life of Rishabha

  In that period, in that age lived the Arhat Rishabha, the Kosalian 1, four important moments of whose life happened when the moon was in…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Lives of the Ginas: Rules for Yatis

  This is a canonical Jain religious text — a section of the Jaina Sutras translated by Hermann Jacobi (1884) — belonging to the Shvetambara…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Page Index

  Index Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Page Index page vii page viii page ix page x page xi page xii page xiii page xiv page xv page xvi page…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Title Page

  The Sacred Books of the East translated by various Oriental scholars and edited by F. Max Müller Vol. xxii Gaina Sutras Translated from…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  This is a prescriptive religious text — a translated excerpt from the Jaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 22), an ancient Jain…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  WHEN a male or a female mendicant, having entered the abode of a householder with the intention of collecting alms, recognises 3 food…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  For a monk who has not yet reached discrimination 1, it is bad going and difficult proceeding when he wanders (alone) from village to…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  This is a passage from the Jaina Sutras (Part II), a sacred text of Jain philosophy translated by Hermann Jacobi in 1884, belonging to the…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  This is a prescriptive religious text from the Jaina Sutras (Part II), translated by Hermann Jacobi in 1884, belonging to the Śramaṇa…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  'Reflect and observe that whether you go to this world or to that beyond, in the whole world those who are discerning beings, who abstain…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  This is a late-nineteenth-century English translation of a passage from the Jain canonical scripture the Ācārāṅga Sūtra, specifically the…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âk...

  This is a passage from the Jaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 22), an ancient Jain canonical scripture translated by Hermann…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 1, Lesson 1

  O long-lived (Gambûsvâmin 4)! I (Sudharman) have heard the following discourse from the venerable (Mahâvîra): (1) Here many do not remember…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 1, Lesson 2

  This is a sacred text from the Jain tradition — specifically a sutra and accompanying scholarly commentary — translated by Hermann Jacobi…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 1, Lesson 3

  This is a translated passage from the Jaina Sutras, a canonical Jain religious scripture rendered into English by Hermann Jacobi in 1884…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 1, Lesson 4

  This is a passage from the Jaina Sutras (Jain canonical scripture), translated by Hermann Jacobi in 1884, belonging to the ancient Indian…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 1, Lesson 5

  This is a passage from the Jaina Sutras, a canonical Jain religious scripture translated by Hermann Jacobi in 1884 as part of the Sacred…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 1, Lesson 6

  This is a religious-ethical scripture from Jainism, specifically from the *Jaina Sutras* (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 22), translated by…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 1, Lesson 7

  He who is averse from (all actions relating to) wind, knows affliction. Knowing what is bad, he who knows it with regard to himself, knows…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 2, Lesson 1

  This is a passage from the Jaina Sutras, a canonical text of Jainism translated by Hermann Jacobi in the 19th century as part of the Sacred…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 2, Lesson 2

  A wise man should remove any aversion (to control 3); he will be liberated in the proper time. Some, following wrong instruction, turn away…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 2, Lesson 3

  'Frequently (I have been born) in a high family, frequently in a low one; I am not mean, nor noble, nor do I desire (social preferment).'…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 2, Lesson 4

  Then, after a time, he falls in sickness: those with whom he lives together, first grumble at him, and he afterwards grumbles at them. But…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 2, Lesson 6

  This is a passage from the Jaina Sutras (translated by Hermann Jacobi, 1884), a canonical Jain religious text — specifically the second…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 3, Lesson 1

  The unwise sleep, the sages always wake. Know, that in this world the (cause of) misery 1 brings forth evil consequences! Knowing the…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 3, Lesson 2

  That man will be liberated from death; he is a sage who sees the danger 3, knowing the highest good in this world, leading a circumspect…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 3, Lesson 3

  This is a fragment from Hermann Jacobi's 1884 English translation of the Jaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East, vol. 22), a canonical text…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 3, Lesson 4

  That man (i.e. the liberated) conquers wrath, pride, deceit, and greed. This is the doctrine of the Seer who does not injure living beings…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 4, Lesson 1

  The Arhats and Bhagavats of the past, present, and future, all say thus, speak thus, declare thus, explain thus: all breathing, existing…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 4, Lesson 2

  This is a passage from the Ācarāṅga Sūtra, a canonical Jaina scripture translated by Hermann Jacobi as part of the Sacred Books of the East…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 4, Lesson 4

  One should mortify (one's flesh) in a low, high, and highest degree, quitting one's former connections, and entering tranquillity…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 5, Lesson 2

  Many do not live by injurious deeds against the world, they do not live by injurious deeds against these (living beings). Ceasing from…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 5, Lesson 3

  This is a translated excerpt from the Jaina Sutras (Sacred Books of the East, 1884), a foundational text of the Jain religious tradition…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 5, Lesson 5

  Thus I say: a lake is full of water, it is in an even plain, it is free from dust, it harbours (many fish) 1. Look! he (the teacher) stands…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 5, Lesson 6

  This is a sacred scriptural text from the Jaina tradition, specifically a section of the Acaranga Sutra translated by Hermann Jacobi in…

• Jaina Sutras, Part I (SBE22): Âkârâṅga Sûtra: Book I, Lecture 6, Lesson 2

  Though some know the misery of the world, have relinquished their former connections, have given up ease, live in chastity, and, whether…

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