Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 1

SR No.: 008001
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker
Publisher: Parimal Publication
Publication Year: 1989
Total Pages: 650
Language: English, Sanskrit
Classification: Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion
File Size: 15 MB

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conduct however has been preserved for a long time if there is no Are Bbāva,-Pure intention at heart.-everything is fruitless like the, sowing of chaff.
न काष्ठे विद्यते देवो, न शिलायां न कई मे ।
भावेषु विद्यते देवस्तस्माद्भावो हि कारणम् ॥५॥ 5. Na kāsthè vidyatè dèvo, na silāyam na karddamd;
Bhāvēsu vidyatè dòvastu smad-bhāvo hi karaṇam.
5. There is no deity in wood, none in a slab of stone, and ncne in mud. There is deity in pure intentions, therefore, Bhāva,-Pure intention,-is really the prime cause. Principal means of Crossing the Ocean of Saṁsāra.
Out of the four principal means of crossing the ocean of Samsāra, viz Dāna ta sila T, Tapa 79, and Bhāva are the only rafter left for a house-holder desirous of crossing the ocean of Sarsāra, is a Dāna.
One of the chief duties of a house-holder being the maintenance of his family-members and his dependents, he has to take up a number of small or large undertakings, majority of them involving the destruction of animal life, in accordance with the condition of his social life, if not with the object of hoarding money, at least to keep body and soul together.
When the question of livelihood is not urgent, a householder with ample resources should carefully avoid falling into the habit of enjoyment of the pleasures of the senses to which he is naturally prone, and which in the long run is disastrous.
A house-holder, surrounded as he is, the whole day and night, by females and other attractive objects of enjoyment of worldly pleasures, cannot possibly remain morally chaste, When even an ascetic practising severe austerities, who has left his wife and family-members for a number of years, and who has nothing with himself to pay for the enjoyment of worldly pleasures, is not liable to remain mentally, vocally, and bodily chaste if he comes in contact with females only for a few days, how