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________________ Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra अन्तक्रियाधिकरणं तपः फलं सकलदर्शिनः स्तुवते । तस्माद्यावद्विभवं समाधिमरणे प्रयतितव्यम् ॥ १२३ ॥ सामान्यार्थ क्योंकि सर्वज्ञ भगवान् अन्त- समय समाधिमरण-स्वरूप सल्लेखना को तप का फल कहते हैं इसलिये यथाशक्ति समाधिमरण के विषय में प्रयत्न करना चाहिये। - Since the Omniscient Lord has called sallekhana as the final fruit or culmination of penance (religious austerity), one should strive to observe the vow of sallekhana to the best of one's ability, at the approach of death. EXPLANATORY NOTE Jain, Champat Rai explains: As the mental attitude prevailing at the last moment of life considerably affects the future destiny of the soul, there can be no doubting the fact that those who give up the ghost* according to the method of sallekhanā attain to the very best conditions of life in the hereafter. 202 Jain, Champat Rai (1917), “Ratnakarnda-śrāvakāchāra (or The Householder's Dharma)", p. 59. * '' ghost' refers to the body. .....
SR No.007745
Book TitleRatnakarandaka Shravakachar
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorVijay K Jain
PublisherVikalp Printers
Publication Year2016
Total Pages291
LanguageEnglish, Hindi, Sanskrit
ClassificationBook_Devnagari & Book_English
File Size4 MB
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