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TATTVĀRTHA SŪTRA: VOWS AND CHARITY : 121
The Vow Of Fast Unto Death - • Jīvitamaranāśamisāmitrānurāgasukhānubandhnidā
nakaranāni || 32 || Five flaws of the final vow of observing the end-practice of dying
peacefully with equanimity by accepting fast unto death are - desire to live on, desire to die quickly, keeping attachments with friends, associates and relatives, to recall earlier felt pleasures and to entertain a desire for future in this birth and the next or both. (32)
Charity - • Anugrahārtham svasyatisargo dānani || 33 || To give away one's own thing to the other for kindness (other's
welfare) is charity. (33)
Vidhidravyadātrpātrāttadvisesah || 34 || The quality of charity lies in the qualities of the object given, the
mind-set of the giver, that of the receiver and the way it is given. (33–34)
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