Question
Prabhachanda argued that nuns cannot achieve moksha because they cannot fulfill this niyama, one of seven followed by mendicants. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name or describe this rule followed by people called Nirgranths, or “ones without bonds.” People who do not follow this rule violate the principle of aparigraha, or non-possession.
ANSWER: nudity [accept any reasonable equivalents like not wearing clothes; accept Digambara or sky-clad]
[10e] Another less common Digamabara argument against women being able to attain moksha is that women’s reproductive organs constantly create and destroy life-forms, infringing on this major Jain principle of non-violence.
ANSWER: ahimsa
[10h] Those arguments contradict this canonical Shvetambara text, a biography of the tirthankaras attributed to Bhadrabahu. This text reports that during Mahavira’s life, 1,400 women achieved moksha, while only 700 men did.
ANSWER: Kalpa Sūtra
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