The Doctrine of the Jainas, Described after the Old Sources c10.75

c10.75

§152. The time devoted to studies is followed by meditation (jhāṇa) to be dealt with in § 180. So far as either draws upon the night, we read about the dhamma-jāgariyā (K. 1, 19 v. 1). To be awake (jāgariyatta), as says Mahāvīra Viy. 557b, is good for those that have the *dhamma*; all others should rather apply themselves to sleeping (*sutatta*), since in this state—as well as in that of weakness and sloth—they will do nothing bad. The life of the pious layman equally includes wakefulness as is demonstrated by the episode with Sankha (Viy. 552b). His wakefulness (*sudakkhu-jāgara*) goes together with that of the monk (*abuddha-j.*) and of the Arhat (*buddha-j.*).