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Chapter V CONQUEST OF PASSIONS
Passions are both the causes and results of karma. They are the 'doors' by which karma enters and binds the soul. The four passions — anger, pride, deceit and greed, result in individual and collective violence in thought, word and deed,. They are the deadliest enemies of man and cause tensions and strifes in society.
Ācārya Haribhadra said : नाशाम्बरत्वे न सिताम्बरत्वे, न तर्कवादे न च तत्त्ववादे । न पक्ष सेवाश्रेयणेन मुक्तिः, कषाय मुक्तिः किल मुक्तिरेव ।।
Upadeśa Tarangiņi 1/8 i. e., a person cannot be liberated on grounds of being a Digambara, Svetāmbara, logician, philosopher or belonging to any particular sect. On the other hand, a person attains emancipation only if he frees himself from the clutches of the four deadly passions.
Lord Mahāvīra says, “anger, pride, deceit and greed are the four powerful enemies which stimulate sinful deeds. One who desires the welfare of his self should renounce these four flaws. ( Daśa. Sū. 8. 37 )
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