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एतेष्वेवामनोज्ञेषु सर्व्वथा द्वेषवर्जनम् । A1f65==QAA¢Â A1971: 958 gifaar: 113311(gmą)
Meaning: To renounce all attachment towards pleasant touch, taste, fragrance, form, and sound dear to five senses and to remove all aversion for the unpleasant feelings disliked by the five senses is known as non-attachment or detachment or possessionlessness. These are five Bhavanas for the vow of possessionlessness. It is generally understood that renunciation consists in giving up of home and wealth; but it is not so.
Explanation: Lord Mahavira who has protected these wordly jivas by preaching the right faith in true religion has said that attachment itself is a possession. So leaving the house and the riches does not complete renunciation. One has to give up the feelings of attachment and hatred as regards all the objects, pleasant or unpleasant to the five senses.
अथवा पञ्चसमिति - गुप्तित्रयपवित्रितम् चरित्रं सम्यक्चारित्र - मित्याहुर्मुनिपुङ्गवाः ||३४||
Meaning: Such a Charitra which is purified by observing five Samitis and three Guptis is called Samyag Charitra by the Tirthankaras.
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Explanation : Samitis are conducive to the attainment of charitra but it is the Guptis that invariably lead to it. Gupti is to have complete control over mind, speech, and body; whereas Samiti is the
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