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SHIFTING SANDS OF LIFE
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५४. जमिणं अण्णमण्णावतिगिच्छाए पडिलेहाए ण करेइ पावं कम्मं, fa ac goût azoi fuur?
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(All beings like pleasure and dislike suffering;) therefore, a muni should neither himself kill other beings nor get others to do so.
Jamiņam anņam aņņāvatigicchãe padilehǎe na karei pāvam kammam, kim tattha muņi kāraṇaṁ siya?
55.
One does not commit sinful actions out of mutual apprehension or in others' presence. Is this an act befitting a sage?
ANNOTATION 54. It is spiritual knowledge which induces one not to commit sin. A true spiritualist does not commit sin either in the presence of others or otherwise. However, the pragmatist does not commit sin in public, while he does so in privacy.
A disciple inquired of his preceptor, "O Venerable One! Would it be a true renunciation if one does not commit sin just because of fear, apprehension or shyness of others?"
The preceptor replied, "It is not true renunciation. One whose conscience is not induced to forswear sinful kar mas is certainly not a sage. He is a sage only in name.'
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५५. समयं तत्थुवेहाए, अप्पाणं विप्पसायए ।
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Samayam tatt huveḥāe, appāņaṁ vippasāyae.
By practising equanimity in life one should gratify one's Self.
ANNOTATION 55. Equanimity means not to commit sinful action both in privacy and in public. Only that sadhaka can remain in a blissful state of mind (i. e. pure), whose conduct is uniform both publicly and privately. The conscience of a person, who keeps committing sins privately cannot remain really gratified it becomes defiled,
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