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should, therefore, make use of as few clothes and other utensils es are absolutely necessary for receiving food and drink-articles avoiding forty-two defects of handling them, and using only clean clothes and utensils. Persons desirous of acting in accordarce with Right Knowledge, Right Perception and Right Conduct should always ain at accomplishing their wished-for object by strictly adhering to the directions prescribed in various Śăstras (scriptures) and acting in conformity with them on all occasions. Any insolent individual, devoid of right knowledge and right preception willfully accusing ascetics possessing such meagre articles as possessois of valuable assets, is really ignorant. tte who looks upon such meagre ar icles as objects of enjoyment, tries to please inischievous persons perfectly ignorant of the true principles of religion. How can many living beings existing as quara Prithvikāya, Earth-bodied souls, RT612 Apkāya, Water bodted souls, 8414 Agnikāya, Fire-todied souls, ay Ft Váyu kaya, Air-bodied souls aarafa #14 Vanaspari Kāya, Vegetable. bodied souls and Text Trasa Kāya, Mobile-bodied souls, be taken care of without the use of these materials so absolutely necessary for an ascetic ? If any ascetic although possessing clothes and other materials suitable for an ascetic, keeps his soul impure and discontented by body, mind, and speech or if he entertains an intense longing for these materials, then and then only, he becomes a traitor to his own self. With this pure idea in their minds, Indrabhūti Gautama and his five hundred pupils accepted the clothes and other materials given by the gods.
Soon after receiving a detailed knowledge of fagft Tripadi, a combination of the three syl.ables:
1 उपनेई बा Upannei vā उत्पाद Utpada, 2 विगमह वा Vigamat va व्यय Vyaya, and
3 धुर्वेद वा Dhuvei vā धोध्य Dhrauvya Contained in the great Universal Law governing all substances, Canadhara Śrī Indrabhūti Gautama, composed gratef Dvadasāngi, the twelve Angas of Sacred Knowledge. The names
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| SR No. | 008006 |
| Book Title | Shraman Bhagvana Mahavira Part 5 |
| Original Sutra Author | N/A |
| Author | Ratnaprabhvijay, D P Thaker |
| Publisher | Parimal Publication |
| Publication Year | 1989 |
| Total Pages | 616 |
| Language | English, Sanskrit |
| Classification | Book_English, Biography, History, & Religion |
| File Size | 14 MB |