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paryāya' (change), perishes as the past paryaya, and remains permanent as the original dravya (matter), he composed the Dvādaśāngi (a set of Twelve Scriptural Works).
At that time, Kubéra (the god of Wealth-the World Guardian of the North) brought some upakaranas (articles of possession such as clothes, vessels, etc) which may become useful while performing their ascetic duties and requested Gañadhara Bhagavān Gautama Swāmi to accept them. Before accepting them, the great saint with an aversion to worldy objects thought:-'I have now become free from worldly attachments. I should decide whether I should accept them or not. The highly intelligent Gautama Swami whose previously acquired knowledge had been turned into Right knowledge by the preaching and the gift of Diksā, by Śramaņa Bhagavān Mahāvīra, whose feelings of worldly renunciation were on increase and whose ideas of piety and thought-colours were successively becoming purer at every moment, now firmly decided that the clothes, vessels etc are fit to be accepted, as they will be useful in carefully observing the Panca Mahāvratas (the Five Great Vows) of ascetic life, and they being only the articles to be employed in performing religious duties, how is it possible for a chadmastha muni an ordinary ascetic who is not possessed of Kévala Jnāna-Perfect knowledge)-to protect the life of any of the six varieties of Living Beings without such articles of daily use ? For the collection of food and drink materials which are perfectly free from any of the fortytwo defects to be carefully avoided by an ascetic, wise persons should invariably use these articles for the protection of the lives of small insects.
Persons desirous of Right Knowledge, Right l'erception and Right Conduct should always aim at achieving their object by studiously following the path shown in the Šāstras. Any impudent man devoid of Right Knowledge and Right Perception who regards these useful and essential articles as personal property of great value should be looked upon as a sinner. One who regards such necessary articles of trivial value as personal property, is desirsou
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| SR No. | 008003 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 2 Vibhag 2 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 802 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 20 MB |