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Tattvarthasutra
[7.4-75. Do not be tempted by touch, taste, smell, form, and sound that produce attachment, and do not become angry if they result in aversion; these are respectively five feelings: pleasing touch, pleasing taste, and so on.
Jainism is characterized by renunciation; therefore, the place of the Mahavrata-holding ascetic in the Jain community is foremost. This is the reason why the feelings have been described here according to the conduct of the ascetics, keeping the Mahavrata in focus. However, it is certainly the case that any ascetic who holds vows can adapt these according to their role, and thus, taking into consideration the circumstances of time and place as well as their internal capacity, these feelings can be modified in number and meaning, or developed, for the pure purpose of the stability of the vows.
Several other feelings are: Seeing and experiencing the worldly disturbances and other-worldly miseries in violence and the like. 4. Or, the feeling that there is only sorrow in violence and the like. 5. Maintaining friendship towards all living beings, joy towards virtuous persons, compassion towards the suffering, and equanimity towards unworthy recipients.
To think about the nature of the world and the essence of the body for the sake of urgency and detachment.
The understanding of the faults of what is renounced is the reason the renunciation is steadfast. This is why seeing the faults in violence and the like is considered necessary for the stability of vows such as Ahimsa. This fault perception is explained here in two ways. Maintaining awareness of the worldly disturbances that one experiences personally or that others face through the consumption of violence, falsehood, and so forth is the worldly fault perception. It is through these faults of violence and the like that...