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JAINISM AND BUDDHISM
(Their opposites are useful and the root of
usefulness).
102
आहारं पजानाति, आहारसमुदयंच पजानाति आहार निरोधंच पजानाति आहार निरोधपटिपदंच पजानातिः आहार चत्तारो कवलिकारो आहारो ओलरिकोवा सुखमोवा फस्सो दुतियो मनो संचेतना ततियो विज्ञानं चतुत्थाँ समुदयो आहार समुदयो तहनिरोधो आहार निरोधो अत्थंगिको मग्गो आहार निरोधगामिनि पटिपदा.
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Ahâram pajânâti, âhâra samudayancha“ pajânâti, thâra-nirodha pati
âhâranirodhancha pajânâti,
padancha pajânâti. âhâra chattaro :-Kavalikáro âhâro olarikova sukhumo va, phasso dutiyo, mano sanchetana tatiyo, vijnanam chatuttho, tanha samudayo âhâra samudayo, tanha nirôdho âhâra nirôdho, atthangiko maggo âhâra nirôdha gâmini pati padâ."
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(A right believer) knows the nutriment, the cause of nutriment, the checking of nutriment, the means of checking nutriment. Nutriments are four :-Mouthful eating gross or fine, contact is the second, volition is the third, (impure) consciousness is the fourth. Rise of desire is the cause of nutriment, prevention of desire is prevention of nutriment, the means of prevention of nutriment is the eight-fold path (described above)."
Note. Ahâra is translated as nutriment by some, we may translate it as taking in or grasping.
Note. It is evident from the above description that when desire arises, the four kinds of taking in are
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