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Ratnakarandaka-śrāvakācāra
deodorants. The inherent impurity of the body has thus been explained in the Scripture:
Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra:
अजङ्गमं जङ्गमनेययन्त्रं यथा तथा जीवधृतं शरीरम् ।
बीभत्सु पूर्ति क्षयि तापकं च स्नेहो वृथात्रेति हितं त्वमाख्यः ॥
(७-२-३२)
As an inanimate equipment (a vehicle, for example) requires an animate being (a man) for its operation, so does the body, that the soul adopts as its encasement, require the soul for its functioning. The body is repugnant, foul-smelling, perishable, and a source of anxiety and, therefore, it is futile to have attachment towards it. O Lord Suparśvanatha, this is your benign precept.
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Jain, Vijay K. (2015), "Acarya Samantabhadra's Svayambhustotra", p. 45.
Acārya Pujyapāda puts this aspect of the Jaina Doctrine plainly and forcefully in Istopadeśa:
यज्जीवस्योपकाराय तद्देहस्यापकारकम् ।
यद्देहस्योपकाराय तज्जीवस्यापकारकम् ॥ १९ ॥
Actions that are intended for the enrichment of the soul discard the welfare of the body, and the actions intended for the welfare of the body undermine soul-enrichment.
The same has been explained further:
The soul and the body are two distinct entities; the soul is a spiritual substance with consciousness as its primary attribute and the body is an inanimate object comprising physical matter. All our actions in the direction of enriching the soul would, as a
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