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He who sees greed sees love. He who sees love sees hatred. He who sees hatred sees delusion. He who sees delusion sees conception in the womb. He who sees conception sees birth. He who sees birth sees death. He who sees death sees hell He who sees hell sees animal life. He who sees animal life sees sufferings.
The wise monk should, therefore, avoid anger, pride, deceit, greed, love, hatred, delusion, conception, birth, death, hell, animal, life and suffering. Conquering of passions is real liberation. One who is free from passions is a divine soul and experiences peace and happiness here and now. The control on passions causes the individual upliftment and their effect on society is tremendous and commendable. It brings the discipline of good conduct and helps in achieving peace. The first chapter gives the message of non-violence with the details of abandonment of the weapons of violence. Doctrine of Non-Possessiveness
The majority of scholars identify with the subject matter of the first chapter of the Acārānga as far as the message of non-violence is concerned. However, a Jain saint Acharya Mahapragya believed, the non-violence must be understood in context of the doctrine of Non- possessiveness as dealt with in the subsequent chapters. In first chapter the principle of non-injury to life had been propounded. Second chapter deals with the world of passions. It is mentioned that there are four fundamental passions anger, ego. deceit and greed. All these passions accelerate the sense of ‘mine ness' i.e. possession in all activities. According to Mahapragya, the principal cause of
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