CHARACTERISTICS OF UPADHYAYA - (PRECEPTOR MONK)

And (the Jaina-monk) who having obtained the knowledge of various Jain-Shastras (scriptures) has been installed as the authority of teaching and preaching in the congregation of the monks and who by knowing the purposeful meaning of all the Shastras (sacred books of Jains) meditates concentratedly upon the nature of the self (soul) and, if sometimes, due to rise of slight mild-passion, his upayoga (active-knowledge) does not remain fixed in the self, then he himself reads the Shastras and teaches other religious-minded people.

I bow to such an Upadhyaya monk who teaches Bhavya Jivas (souls capable of attaining liberation).