Book Title: Mahavira Life and Philosophy
Author(s): Sumeruchand Diwakar Shastri
Publisher: Jain Mitra Mandal

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________________ life is no abstinencer Negligenced gasists of derdi ness, indolencsriind preloasmens in the observance of sacred vows noble deeds and uscriptural.iniye, staps Pola 's firsla r i iftidos wis The passions are the prirhary: soupees-acf mental impurity and bondage. Just as tho gastako fluid in the stomach absorbs., the, food, in the like manner the self attracts karmas according to the virulent, mild or moderate form of the passions. Due to the fruition of karmas, the self is imbued with passions. The bondage of the self with matter is beginningless. Just as the mixture of several objects in a vessal produces intoxicating liquor, so also matter mixed up with the empirical self is transformed into karmas. The matter which assumes the form of karmas is the real hindrance in the path of soul's attainment of perfection and intrinsic Divinity of Siddha-hood. The rise and fall of the' mundane soul depend upon its auspicious or inauspicious karmas, which are material. Necessary Details Regarding Bondage... It is to be borne in mind that excessive infliction of pain and suffering to living beings and extreme attachment are the causes of the influx of inauspicious karmą, which leads to the life in the infernal region i e, hell, where the wicked souls, undergo indescribable sufferings for innumerable years. The heinous and harrowing cuelities perpen trated by hunting innocent, mute, helpless and poor

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