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________________ LECTURE III. 15 All these troubles have been declared by the Kâsyapa. A monk should not be vanquished by them, when attacked by any anywhere. Thus I say. THIRD LECTURE. THE FOUR REQUISITES. Four things of paramount value are difficult to obtain here by a living being: human birth, instruction in the Law, belief in it, and energy in self-control. (1) I. The universe is peopled by manifold creatures, who are, in this Samsara, born in different families and castes for having done various actions. (2) Sometimes they go to the world of the gods, sometimes to the hells, sometimes they become Asuras in accordance with their actions. (3) Sometimes they become Kshattriyas, or Kandalas and Bukkasas, or worms and moths, or (insects called) Kunthu ? and ants. (4) Thus living beings of sinful actions, who are born again and again in ever-recurring births, are not disgusted with the Samsâra, but they are like warriors (never tired of the battle of life). (5) Living beings bewildered through the influence of their actions, distressed and suffering pains, undergo misery in non-human births. (6) But by the cessation of Karman, perchance, living About the Kunthu see below, Thirty-sixth Lecture, v. 138 and note.
SR No.011060
Book TitleJaina Sutras 02 Uttaradhyayan Sutra and Sutrakritang Sutra
Original Sutra AuthorN/A
AuthorHermann Jacobi
PublisherMax Muller
Publication Year
Total Pages500
LanguageEnglish
ClassificationBook_English
File Size27 MB
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