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Humbly answered the disciples, "We are capable of exerting ourselves to any extent. In common parlance, we can crack the hardest nut; and in philosophical terms, we can even abandon the body.
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The Venerable One said, "The most significant way to tone down the karma-samskaras is the battle against the karma body which is constantly tormenting you through various kinds of impulses. Fight with the karma body. Do not let it overwhelm you. And also resist this physical body which yearns for sensual pleasures by subduing the senses and the mind.
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The Bhagavan thus exhorted the disciples to fight an internal battle. Explaining the strategy of the battle in question, the Bhagavan further said, "Continue battling along before the old age sets in, diseases attack and the senses become numb. Youth is the right time for sounding the bugle for it. The karma-saṁskāra as a matter of fact, is the real enemy.
४७. जहेत्थ कुसलेहिं परिण्णा - विवेगे भासिए ।
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Jahettha kusalehim parinṇā-vivege bhāsie.
(To win) this (internal battle), Bhagavān Mahāvīra prescribed discernment and forswearing (as weap ons).
ANNOTATION 47. Battling within the Self is the same as battling against the karma body and annihilating it. There are two primary weapons used in this battle viz. discernment and forswearing i. e. first comprehend and then discard.
forswearing of
Forswearing is of many kinds, e. g. possession i. e. realization of separateness of the Self from possessions such as money, family etc.
Forswearing of the body i. e.
realization of separate
ness of the Self from the body.
Forswearing of wrong notions i. e. realization of nonacquisitiveness etc.,
Forswearing of the karma-body i. e. separateness of the Self from the karma - body.
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| SR No. | 006521 |
| Book Title | Agam 01 Ang 01 Acharang Sutra Aayaro Terapanth |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Tulsi Acharya |
| Publisher | Jain Vishva Bharati |
| Publication Year | 1981 |
| Total Pages | 472 |
| Language | English |
| Classification | Book_English, Agam, Canon, & agam_acharang |
| File Size | 17 MB |