The salvation which is attained by the practice of knowledge, faith, and five-fold virtue, is not immediate, but it will come after successive reincarnations; and this salvation is the freeing of the eternal spirit from the bonds of eternal matter; in other words, it is much more like the 'release' of the Brahman than it is like the Buddhistic Nirv[=a]na, though, of course, there is no 'absorption,' each spirit remaining single.

In the order of the Ratnatraya or 'three gems' Cankara appears to lay the greatest weight on faith, but in Hemacandra's schedule knowledge[21] holds the first place.

This is part of that Yoga, asceticism, which is the most important element in attaining salvation.[22] Another division of right practices is cited by the Yogac[=a]stra (I.
33 ff.): Some saints say that virtue is divided into five kinds of care and three kinds of control, to wit, proper care in walking, talking, begging for food, sitting, and performing natural functions of the body--these constitute the five kinds of care, and the kinds of control are those of thought, speech, and act.

This teaching it is stated, is for the monks.

The practice of the laity is to accord with the custom of their country.
The chief general rules for the laity consist in vows of obedience to the true god, to the law, and to the (present) Teacher; which are somewhat like the vows of the Buddhist.