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Appendix I : Scriptures Quoted
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EVEN though the wise men say that the body is perishable, yet, it is an instrument for the realisation of the Dharma consisting of the three jewels (Ratna-traya); none can save the body from death nor should one consider it imperishable.
4. MÜLĀCĀRA, Canto II, Verse 31 तिविहं भणंति मरणं बालाणं बालपंडियाणं च ।
तइयं पंडियमरणं जं केवलिणो अणुमरंति ॥ [त्रिविधं भणन्ति मरणं बालानां वालपण्डितानां च ।
तृतीयं पंडितमरणं यत्केवलिनोऽनुम्रियन्ते ॥] THE Omniscient have opined that death is of three kinds : bala-marana, bala-pandita-marana and pandita-marana.
5. PURUŞĀRTHA-SIDDHYUPĀYA, Vol. IV
यो हि कषायाविष्टः कुम्भकजलधूमकेतुविषशस्त्रैः ।
व्यपरोपयति प्राणान् तस्य स्यात्स आत्मवधः ॥ HE who puts an end to his life by suffocating himself in water or by fire, poison or weapons, being actuated by passions, is certainly guilty of suicide.
6. SĀGĀRA-DHARMĀMỘTA, Canto VIII, Verse 8
न चात्मघातोऽस्ति वृषक्षतौ वपुरुपेक्षितुः ।
कषायावेशतः प्राणान् विषाद्यैहिँसतः स हि ॥ HE who becomes indifferent to his own body owing to his disability to keep up his vow will not be committing suicide; but who puts an end to his life, when he is in the grip of: passion like anger etc., by means of poison and other things will be guilty of suicide.
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