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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
BOOK I, LECTURE 6, LESSON 2.
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leave us !' (5) Consulting their own pleasure, indulging their passions, ' making a noise", the parents cry: No man who leaves his parents is (fit to become) a flood-crossing sage! (The ascetic) does not take refuge there (in his family); for what could attract him there?
He should always maintain this knowledge! Thus I say. (6)
SECOND LESSON. Though some know the misery of the world, have relinquished their former connections, have given up ease, live in chastity, and, whether monk or layman, thoroughly understand the law, they are not able (to persevere in a religious life). The ill-disposed, giving up the robe, alms-bowl, blanket, and broom, do not bear the continuous hardships that are difficult to bear. He who prefers pleasures will, now or after an hour, be deprived of the body, not to recover it) for an infinite space of time. And thus they do not cross (the samsara), for the sake of these pleasures which entail evil consequences and are associated with others of their kind. (1)
But some who embrace the law, will practise it, being careful about its outward signs; not giving way to worldliness, but being firm. Knowing (and renouncing) all lust, a devout man becomes a great sage when he breaks all bonds, thinking: Nothing
The commentator explains this passage: "We do your will, we depend on you (?),' so shouting they cry, &c.
2 I.e. after a short time.
$ The body with five organs, in which alone liberation can be realised.
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| SR No. | 020334 |
| Book Title | Gaina sutras |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Hermann Jacobi |
| Publisher | Clarendon Perss |
| Publication Year | 1884 |
| Total Pages | 385 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English |
| File Size | 15 MB |