Sacred Texts  Jainism  Index  Previous  Next  Buy this Book at
Amazon.com     The eight articles 1 of the creed are the Samitis
and the Guptis; there are five Samitis and three Guptis. (1)
The Samitis 2 are: 1. îryâ-samiti (going by paths trodden by
men, beasts, carts, &c., and looking carefully so as not to
occasion the death of any living creature); 2. bhâshâ-samiti
(gentle, salutary, sweet, righteous speech); 3. êshanâ-samiti
(receiving alms in a manner to avoid the forty-two faults that
are laid down); 4. âdâna-samiti (receiving and keeping of the
things necessary for  p. 130  religious exercises, after having
carefully examined them); 5. ukkâra-samiti (performing the
operations of nature in an unfrequented place). The three Guptis
(which are here included in the term Samiti in its wider
application) are: 1. mano-gupti (preventing the mind from
wandering in the forest of sensual pleasures by employing it in
contemplation, study, &c.); 2. vâg-gupti (preventing the tongue
from saying bad things by a vow of