________________
Conquest of Passions
7. One who is short-tempered, ignorant, proud, harsh, hypocritical and deceitful drifts in the worldly-current as a piece of log drifting on a stream.
Twenty Possessiveness
――
Jain Education International
125
1. It is on account of attachment that a person commits violence, utters lie, commits theft, indulges in sex and develops a yearning for unlimited hoardings.
Daśa. Sū. 9.2.3
For Private & Personal Use Only
2. Attachment leading to possessiveness is of two kinds, viz., internal and external. Internal possessions are of fourteen kinds, viz., 1.wrong faith, 2. carnal desire for woman, 3. carnal desire for man, 4. carnal desire for both, 5. derisive laughter, 6. craving for pleasures, 7. dislike for selfrestraint, 8. grief, 9. fear, 10. aversion, 11. anger, 12. pride, 13. deceit and 14. greed. External possessions are of ten kinds, viz., 1. land and farms, 2. estates and houses, 3. wealth and granary, 4. clothes, 5. utensils, 6. servants, 7. animals, 8. vehicles, 9. beds & cots and 10. furniture. Bha. Ārā. 1118, 1119 3. The renunciation of attachment is useful for controlling the sense-organs as the mahot's hook is useful for controlling an elephant and the moat for protecting a town. Certainly, for the conquest of the senses, freedom from all possessions is a must.
Bhā. Pā. 132
Bha. Ārā. 1169
www.jainelibrary.org
