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________________ 听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听hhh听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 4545454545454545454545454545454545454545454545454545454545454545454 austerities of the high order. In the absence of chastity, they cannot be 4 practiced properly. It is said, 'a person may be stable in meditation, he i may practice silence, he may remain absorbed in concentration, he may wear bark of a tree as his dress, he may practice fasting; but I won't like him if he desires non-chastity even if he is god Brahma himself.' The study of scriptures, reciting it, remembering it, to become scholar and to get knowledge about soul can be meaningful only if he does not resort to despicable act namely sex even when he is facing trouble or is instigated by the person before him. In brief austerities, self-restraint and the vows can be practiced 5 faultlessly only if one practices chastity. A person who liquidates his chastity, he adversely affects his entire conduct; this fact has been emphatically established in the aphorism. Just as a pot thrown on the ground breaks and is no longer of any use, similarly when one loses his y chastity, he loses all the good qualities when chastity is destroyed, alls other virtues becomes meaningless like churned curd or grinded corn. This fact has been explained with many examples. Just as the boundary wall brings grace to the tank of lotus flowers. Similarly chastity protects dharma. Central socket is the starting point of the spokes of a wheel and they fi cannot remain steady when it gets destroyed or damaged. The chariot 4 i cannot move in the absence of the wheel. Similarly in the absence of 4 chastity dharma or conduct proves useless. It cannot bring about desired result. Many such illustrations depict the importance of celibacy the 4 reader can easily understands its meaning. In the aphorism the adjective "Saya Visudham' has been used. The commentator has interpreted it as 'in all the conditions such as youth and others'. Since people say that a childless person does not get re-birth si in good state of existence. He can never be born in heavenly abode so one $ should adopt ascetic conduct only after having a son. Here is a question to those who subscribe to this belief-Why Devadutta was called Bhishma when he took the vow of celibacy? Why, after that, he was considered object of salutation and worship? Why he was blessed with the power of dying only when he desired ? The reply to all these questions is 4 that he strictly and sincerely observed the vow of celibacy. | श्रु.२, चतुर्थ अध्ययन : ब्रह्मचर्य संवर (351) Sh.2, Fourth Chapter: Chastity Samvar 的听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 56 457 455 456 457 454 455 456 457 457 458 454 455 4 454 455 456 2414141 $$1$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$1414140 For Private & Personal Use Only Jain Education International www.jainelibrary.org
SR No.002907
Book TitleAgam 10 Ang 10 Prashna Vyakaran Sutra Sthanakvasi
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorAmarmuni, Varunmuni, Sanjay Surana
PublisherPadma Prakashan
Publication Year2008
Total Pages576
LanguageHindi, English
ClassificationBook_Devnagari, Book_English, Agam, Canon, Conduct, & agam_prashnavyakaran
File Size19 MB
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