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the dissolution of the body, makes an end of suffering," (M. I. P. 483).
Page 416. “Cramped and confined is house-hold life, a den of dirt. But the homeless life is as the open air of heaven. It is hard to live the holy life in all its perfection and purity while bound to home. Let me go forth to homelessness.” (M. I. P. 267).
The Jain book Jnånârnava says:न प्रमाद जयं कर्तुं धीधनैरपि पार्यते । महा व्यसन संकीर्णे ग्रहवासेऽति निन्दिते ॥९॥ शक्यते न वशीकर्तु ग्रहिभिश्चपलं मनः ।
अतश्चित्त प्रशान्त्यर्थं सद्भिस्त्यक्ताग्रहे सथितिः ॥१०-४॥ Na pramâda jayam kartum dhidha nai rapi pâryate, Mahâ vyasana samkirne grahavâseti nindite
9 Sakyate na vasi kartum grahibhischapalam manah Ataśchita prasântyartham sadbhis-tyakta grahe sthitih
10/4 “Even the wise men cannot conquer the passions in house-hold life which is censurable and is full of many calamities. This wavering mind cannot be controlled by the house-holders, therefore the home life has been abandoned by the gentlemen for bringing peace to to the mind.” SAINTS SHOULD MEDITATE IN SOLITARY
PLACES. “The Doctrine of the Buddha" by George Grimm. . Page 350.“ Whoso once has experienced this state within himself, is lost to the turmoil of the world,
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